[Tagging] RFC: Removal of Eruvs from OSM, and further boundry=religious

Niels Elgaard Larsen elgaard at agol.dk
Tue Sep 6 23:33:44 UTC 2022


Kevin Kenny:

> This is now moving the goalpost. The initial argument was that eruvim are not 
> verifiable in the field.  They are.  A Jew who observes both the Law and his 
> surroundings can identify them, and a rabbinical community will ordinarily inspect 
> them weekly to be sure that they are undamaged, because a broken eruv isn't an eruv 
> at all. (An eruv is a symbolic boundary fence - if the fence isn't continuous, the 
> boundary is broken.)


Yes,

I live close to
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/159634422

It is very solid brick and mortar. And the name is on the building.

But it would be really difficult to verify that it is actually a place of worship.



-- 
Niels Elgaard Larsen




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