[OSM-talk-be] Invisible castles

[Marc Gemis]

You can also add castle_type. See
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:castle_type
Most likely it's stately or manor.

regards

m


On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Glenn Plas <glenn at byte-consult.be> wrote:

>  On 18-08-14 15:36, Jo wrote:
>
> What about building=castle?
>
>
> Indeed, the value of this key can be anything, as long as it is present it
> will be (atleast) equal to building = yes
>
> But castles could use some more verbose tagging: for example, by your
> description, this is a castle, water around it and additional buildings:
>
> http://osm.org/go/0EpInQ2Fd?way=66924557
>
> If Marc has passed with his knowledge, you'll also notice that 'heritage'
> tags will be added,  (Escada) Marc Gemis knows more about how to go about
> this correctly.
>
> Adding Historic=yes  is not a bad idea either. (map renderers will take
> this into account).
>
> Good luck on completing this.
>
> Glenn
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> Jo
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> 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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