[OSM-talk-be] Invisible castles

[Jo]

What about building=castle?

Jo


2014-08-18 15:19 GMT+02:00 Ben Laenen <benlaenen at gmail.com>:

> On Monday 18 August 2014 14:58:22 Erik Beerten wrote:
> > I was looking on some OSM based maps for a precise location of a castle
> > but I couldn't find it.
> > I checked another one that couldn't be found either.
> > Both are the type of castles surrounded by water but the map only shows
> > the water not the building in the middle.
> > Annexes as sheds in the neighbourhood are visible on the map.
> >
> > (...)
> >
> > The conclusion is that it is necessary to add a building tag as
> > 'building = residential'  if it is still lived in or another
> > denomination according to the actual use of it.
>
> It's just what Mapnik decides to show on its map, there are other
> renderings,
> like http://opentopomap.org/#map=15/51.00633/5.31934 that have special
> symbols
> for castles.
>
> The most detailed way of mapping a castle would be outlining the building
> contours, and then add the historic=castle tag on that building. It'll then
> show up on Mapnik since it has building=yes, but still no special castle
> symbol.
>
> Greetings
> Ben
>
>
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