[Talk-GB] Tagging Historic Features

[Mick]

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:05:46 +0100
John Sturdy <jcg.sturdy at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Graham Jones
> <grahamjones139 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I am interested in creating maps of historical features (e.g all
> > roman remains, medieval things, World War 2 things etc.).
> 
> This could be extended to cover more everyday things, I suppose, but
> that would require special attention by the ordinary renderers.  For
> example, old routes of roads that have been re-aligned could be marked
> with the usual "highway=..." and also with an indication of when it
> went out of use.  However, to keep things simple for renderers (and
> fewer tests in their code) it might be better to use some new key such
> as "historic_highway=...".
> 
Among my ancestors are a Toll Troll on the Moretonhampstead - Dunsford
Turnpike and a hint of a Lock Keeper that I have yet to pin down so I
would love to see this happen.

sparrowhawk