[Tagging] Archway

[fly]

Am 30.08.2014 10:48, schrieb Dave Swarthout:
> That is an excellent question. This arch is quite large but there are
> many other similar structures in villages all over Thailand. I have seen
> many of them but have never tagged any. There is a barrier=archway used
> twice in Taginfo but the ones I've seen are not barriers in the usual
> sense of that word.

+1
See also barrier=sally_port [1]

> The key landmark might be a possibility, for example, landmark=archway?

Prefer to have it in some other name space as not all might be
significant landmarks. Additional landmark=yes or landmark=archway might
be ok

> On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Mishari Muqbil <mishari at mishari.net
> <mailto:mishari at mishari.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     In this photo http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/idFfQ3kADwqnRL25JEF78g
>     http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/j_Uwf2UAiHjKi_ovtcu_LQ there's a
>     landmark up ahead at the entrance to the housing project that resembles
>     an arch. It's quite a prominent landmark in an area which is otherwise
>     devoid of any distinct features. Does anyone have an idea as to how to
>     tag this?

Funny, l'Arc de Triomphe [2] is only tagged with building=yes but
nothing about the archway.


cu fly

[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier=sally_port
[2] https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/226413508