[Tagging] Crosses and how to tag them

António Madeira antoniomadeira at gmx.com
Thu Mar 5 00:30:23 UTC 2020


Hi there.

I was searching a suitable tag to map this kinds of crosses, which are
always religious and most of the time historic:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cruzeiro_no_Largo_da_Rep%C3%BAblica_Agualva.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cruzeiro_da_Independ%C3%AAncia.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igreja_Paroquial_e_Cruzeiro_Colares.jpg

They can be found in church yards, squares, streets, etc.

Now, according to the wiki, I have two options:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dcross  -> which seems
to be used only for summit crosses
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:historic%3Dwayside_cross ->
which seems to be used for a specific kind of cross that doesn't exist
in most countries (not in Portugal, for example).

So, how can I map the other more ubiquitous kind of cross?

Regards.



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