[Tagging] "sym" tag

[José G Moya Y.]

El mar., 24 jul. 2018 17:38, Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com> escribió:

What you would need to do would be different for the next one though.  You
can't assume that (e.g. "sym=church" actually means a church on the
ground.  You'll have to do this on a case by case basis.

In fact, know it's not church but a hermit.

Regarding the rendering, I've discovered there was a
amenity=place_of_worship  node hidden under the marker of the node I was
talking about. That explains it being rendered.

El mar., 24 jul. 2018 17:38, Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com> escribió:

> On 24/07/2018 15:59, José G Moya Y. wrote:
>
> I've found some places of worship tagged with the undocumented
> "sym=church" tag.
>
>
> They're from Garmin waypoints.  See
> https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/sym for other examples.  Don't
> just mechanically edit them, because there are likely other (different)
> issues with each one.
>
> Taking a specific example:
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1420261739/history
>
> (according to Overpass that's the nearest "sym" to where I am right now)
>
> Here there are a couple of obvious issues:
>
>    - It has an unfeasibly accurate "ele" tag
>    - It has a "sym" tag which makes no sense
>    - The "time" tag isn't really relevant to OSM
>    - It's on a the T-junction of 3 walls.
>
>
> In this case I'd:
>
>    - Verify the gate location from imagery if possible (likely it's north
>    of south of the wall join)
>    - Remove the "sym" tag
>    - Remove the "time" tag
>    - Remove the decimal points from the "ele" tag (or remove it
>    altogether if it looks unfeasible)
>    - Upload to OSM with a changeset comment that said what you did and
>    why, and what imagery you used.
>
>
> What you would need to do would be different for the next one though.  You
> can't assume that (e.g. "sym=church" actually means a church on the
> ground.  You'll have to do this on a case by case basis.
>
>
> It's surprising to see how these places are being rendered as churches despite
> of this tag does not appear in the wiki (and no other tag related with
> worship is in the place).
>
>
> I'd be really surprised if any software (other than Garmin's waypoint
> display) actually renders these as churches.
>
> However, I'm sure that lots of maps renders things that aren't listed in
> the wiki (different types of shops is an obvious example).
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Andy
>
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