[Talk-GB] OpenBenches, Bench Tagging and 'inscription='

[Chris Andrew]

Many thanks for the clarification, Jerry; that makes a lot of sense.

Cheers,

Chris

On Mon, 20 Sep 2021, 18:10 SK53, <sk53.osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Terence Eden, creator of OpenBenches, is known to several OpenStreetMap
> contributors, especially through OpenData Camp. Terence is an occasional
> OSM editor too.
>
> I think the problem which occurs with OpenBenches is the licence is
> CC-BY-SA 4.0 and presumably the copyright owner is the individual
> contributor. Jez, who runs OpenPlaques, probably is probably more aware of
> what complications that implies.
>
> I'm not a huge contributor to OpenBenches, but usually try to contribute
> to both sources simultaneously.
>
> Jerry
>
> On Mon, 20 Sept 2021 at 15:22, Chris Andrew <cjhandrew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> I was reading about OpenBenches (https://OpenBenches.org). This
>> admirable project is new to me. The aim of the project seems to be to
>> record benches with inscriptions "
>> A map of 21,084 memorial benches - added by people like you".
>>
>> It seems like the information gathered could be mutually beneficial to
>> OSM users and OpenBench users.
>>
>> Does anyone know whether this subject has been discussed, before?
>>
>> It would seem like a good idea to use MapRoulette/ StreetComplete to
>> enhance the captured information, specifically with the "inscription=" tag.
>> More information can be found here:
>> https://github.com/openbenches/openbenches.org#readme
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>>
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