[Tagging] graves and relations

[Jez Nicholson]

All I can add is openbenches.org and openplaques.org have existed for a
long time and even have OSM tags

OSM does not have to be the database of everything.

On Mon, 24 Jan 2022, 05:56 , <osm.tagging at thorsten.engler.id.au> wrote:

> Relations don’t always directly describe geospatial objects.
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> They often describe concepts which are related to geospatial objects (the
> members).
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> As such, a type=person relation, with member roles like birthplace,
> gravesite, mentioned, designed_by (relating architects and buildings), …
> might be appropriate.
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> Cheers,
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> Thorsten
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> *From:* Peter Elderson <pelderson at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, 24 January 2022 11:49
> *To:* Tag discussion, strategy and related tools <
> tagging at openstreetmap.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Tagging] graves and relations
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> I can't really see a person as a mappable geographical object.
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> Seems to me you are looking for a way to tag an object with a (long) value
> list. AFAIK this does not exist in OSM. Might be a valuable addition,
> though. The semicolon sepated list in one attribute value is very limited.
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> Op ma 24 jan. 2022 om 00:19 schreef Anne-Karoline Distel <
> annekadistel at web.de>
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> https://limerick1916.ul.ie/the-1916-memorial/ mentions the following men
>
> Edward Daly - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3321092
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> Con Colbert - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3321067
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> "Inscribed on another plaque are the names of the 16 men who were
> executed during May 1916". All 16 have wikidata or wikipedia entries:
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Executed_participants_in_the_Easter_Rising
> .
>
> Anne
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> On 23/01/2022 22:16, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> >
> > sent from a phone
> >
> >> On 23 Jan 2022, at 19:47, Anne-Karoline Distel <annekadistel at web.de>
> wrote:
> >> I don't see how else to solve the problem of having several names with
> potential wikidata entries and limited characters in the inscription field
> connected to one object.
> >
> > Are there really memorials for so many people with wikidata entries that
> a relation is technically required? Almost nobody  (compared to the total
> number, every village and every quarter has its world war memorial) on
> these memorials has a wikidata object, nor is it likely they will ever get
> one.
> >
> > Cheers Martin
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