[OSM-talk] Mapping archaelogical sites

[Nick Black]

OSM only develops solutions to problems when the problems arise.  It
will take us ages to sort out how we sort data logically, into
different layers or whatever you call it.  If there is a pressing need
for such code, we'll develop it, otherwise we all just think how cool
it would be to be able to do it.

I think you should get a concensus on tagging sites, then upload them
and trust that someone will figure out how to improve the API.

On 6/19/07, Robert (Jamie) Munro <rjmunro at arjam.net> wrote:
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> Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > Could this be done with OSM?
>
> If you are talking about an empty field with archaeology under it, then
> there is no problem - just draw stuff and tag it. You may want to start
> a wiki page for archaeological tags.
>
> If the archaeology is underneath modern buildings/roads etc. then you
> have more of a problem, and you may well confuse other editors etc. In
> that case, it may be better to hold off adding your data to OSM at the
> moment, until we develop some way to serve data that is differentiated
> logically rather than just spatially (at the moment, you can't ask the
> system for "all roads in an area", just "all of an area", for example)
>
> This kind of thing is moderately far away in the feature roadmap. If you
> are in a hurry, you could set up your own server and put your own
> archaeology information in there, and use custom versions of Mapnik or
> osmarender to render it..
>
> Robert (Jamie) Munro
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