[Talk-GB] Church architecture tagging

[Andy Robinson]

" Ah, the Ordance Survey view of the world: you're either a tower or a steeple ;)"

Many have both!

Cheers
Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan S [mailto:danstowell+osm at gmail.com] 
Sent: 10 February 2017 10:54
Cc: Talk GB
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Church architecture tagging

Hi Stuart,

Ah, the Ordance Survey view of the world: you're either a tower or a steeple ;)

Towers and steeples are just one of many building parts, which can be mapped the same way as other 3D aspects of buildings:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:part
Heights are readily added using the generic height tags that are used for so many things.

But then also, this page tells me that "tower:type=bell_tower" is "Widely used for steeples and bell towers":
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dtower
Flagpole is easy
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dflagpole
The only thing I don't have a ready answer for is "number of steps", and "bells" as distinct from their enclosures.

So I'm left suspecting that maybe you're aware of these things but there's an itch they don't scratch...?

Best
Dan


2017-02-10 10:27 GMT+00:00 Stuart Reynolds <stuart at travelinesoutheast.org.uk>:
> Hi All,
>
> On OS maps there is a distinction between churches with towers, 
> churches with steeples, and “other” places of worship. These are all 
> readily surveyable (so that we are not taking data from OS). But as 
> far as I can determine, there is no tagging scheme that would allow 
> towers or steeples to be added, nor to have (for example) the height 
> of tower, numbers of steps, flagpoles, bells, etc added (which could be useful).
>
> Am I right, or have I missed something? If right, do we need to agree 
> a tagging scheme that would allow us to enter that info?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Regards,
> Stuart Reynolds
> for traveline south east & anglia
>
>
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