[OSM-talk] City Walls

Andreas Volz lists at brachttal.net
Mon Feb 26 20:57:37 GMT 2007


Am Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:36:17 +0000 schrieb Laurence Penney:

> Tim Payne wrote:
> > Is there currently any standard way to record city walls? if not
> > I'll add it as a proposed feature. Either (not sure which would be
> > better):
> > 
> > man_made=city_wall     or
> > historic=city_wall
> > 
> > with linear or area supported.
> > 
> > I would suggest rendering as a thick black line, although this
> > could get confused with some tram lines.
> > 
> > Any thoughts?,
> > 
> > Tim
> 
> I'd suggest we include walls of modern times too, e.g. the Berlin 
> Wall, Lodz Ghetto wall, Baghdad Green Zone's wall, the West Bank
> barrier.

... the chinese wall.. -> Hm, must see if we could see the chinese wall
on landsat images. :-)

> The first two examples remind me I've been meaning to ask if there
> are any plans to create a historic OSM. As if this planet, now, is
> not enough.

Not only a historic OSM. What's about a fantasy OSM? A complete "Lord
of the Rings - Middle Earth" :-)

regards
Andreas




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