[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (artwork_type=maypole)

Michael Straßer strasser_michael at gmx.de
Sat Oct 23 08:26:54 UTC 2021


Hi,

amenity is not so because a Maypole has no use. You can only look at it,
photograph it, touch it ;-)

-
useful and important facilities for visitors and residents
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https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity

Best regards
Miche101



Am 21.10.21 um 21:51 schrieb Anne-Karoline Distel:
>
> I agree that they're not artwork, apart from man_made, my first idea
> was also amenity.
>
> Anne
>
> On 21/10/2021 19:30, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>>
>>
>> sent from a phone
>>
>>> On 21 Oct 2021, at 18:33, Michael Straßer <Strasser_Michael at gmx.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> If you look at what is man_made then the maypole does not really fit.
>>
>>
>> if we are discussing where they fit, then artwork is not a good
>> classification IMHO. There may be some maypoles that are considered
>> artwork, but generally these are much more about tradition and
>> folklore than about art.
>>
>> We should rather stick with man_made than change to artwork. Amenity
>> could be an option as well, but they do not really provide anything
>> that’s why man_made was chosen (historic also has been discussed, but
>> they aren’t necessarily historic).
>>
>> Changing a well established tag is very expensive, there must be
>> really compelling reasons to make an attempt. There is nothing
>> critical with maypoles being tagged with a man_made tag[1]
>>
>> Cheers Martin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] (to be honest, the name “man_made” has been contested as a whole
>> for gender reasons, this view hasn’t found a majority so far, but
>> there may be a general issue with the key).
>>
>>
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