[Tagging] graves and relations

[Mateusz Konieczny]

type=person is disputed and dubious at best 


Jan 24, 2022, 06:53 by osm.tagging at thorsten.engler.id.au:

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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
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>> 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:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Executed_participants_in_the_Easter_Rising>> .
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>> Anne
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>> On 23/01/2022 22:16, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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>> >> 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.
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>> > 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.
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>> > Cheers Martin
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> Vr gr Peter Elderson
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