[OSM-talk] Mapping archaelogical sites

[Andy Robinson]

Rodrigo Moya wrote:
>Sent: 19 June 2007 1:03 PM
>To: Talk Openstreetmap
>Subject: [OSM-talk] Mapping archaelogical sites
>
>Hi
>
>The more I use OSM, more uses come to my mind, and one of them is the
>ability to map archaelogical sites, not only defining the area it
>occupies (possible right now with current OSM features), but also
>mapping in detail what there is inside the archaelogical site.
>
>For instance, there is, close to my place, a site which includes 2
>dolmens and a village, with houses, "streets", etc. How could this be
>done? I am an amateur "archaelogist", so I'm not sure what archaelogist
>use for this, but at least, being able to define the "streets" and the
>shape of the houses/temples/dolmens/etc would be enough to start with.
>
>Could this be done with OSM?

It most certainly can be done in OSM, however until we have a better method
of distinguishing data relating to old rather than current features of the
built environment it would be a good idea to tag the items with a suitable
namespace. Perhaps something like archaeology:highyway= etc etc would be a
good start for now? If the items also contain data about the age and history
these can be split off and incorporated into additional tags at a later date
when we have a better tagging schema for archaeology.

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 


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