[Talk-GB] Church Towers and Steeples

[Stuart Reynolds]

I didn’t like the “man-made” part of the tower tag, TBH, nor what I took to be the implication that it was a stand-alone element, which it generally isn’t.

The tower tag on its own does have a number of useful attributes, though, which could be extended.

So if we ignore the man-made tag, we could have

church:tower= yes | no
church:steeple= yes | no (which could assume the steeple on top of the tower, if both present)

followed by the tower:tag=value sets as appropriate.

Regards,
Stuart Reynolds
for traveline south east & anglia



On 10 Feb 2017, at 10:53, Dan S <danstowell+osm at gmail.com<mailto:danstowell+osm at gmail.com>> wrote:

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<mailto: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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