[OSM-dev] [Mapnik-users] Rendering places of worship

[Artem Pavlenko]

Hi Brian,
(forwarding to osm dev list as well)
> Hi I’m mapping inner city areas in Birmingham for OSM and there are  
> multiple faiths with particularly large muslim and sikh  
> populations. Currently regardless of which religion is tagged under  
> amenity=place_of _worship everything gets rendered in Mapnik with  
> an church-type icon showing a cross. As I survey I tell anyone who  
> I meet about OSM – I wouldn’t want them to see their religions  
> misrepresented when they go to the website. Osmarender has already  
> resolved at least the mosque option for islam and a
>
> triangle symbol for all other non-christian faiths
>

Yes, you're right, we can do better than just one church symbol.  Is  
there consensus on how different places of worship should be  
represented?
Should we adopt osmrender approach for now?

Artem

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