[OSM-talk] religion and places_of_worship

[paul youlten]

I think we have had this discussion before; but (for what it's worth) in the
UK the symbols for places of worship on most Ordinance Survey maps
(depending on their age) reference the physical shape of the building, not
the religion. Mosques with domes and minarets get marked with the 'spire
icon' - the little dot with a cross on top.

My understanding is that in the early 1990s the '+' mark for a 'place of
worship' which isn't a landmark building (i.e a chapel or a hall) was
depreciated and won't be included on revised maps.

As far as I remember this was because many non-conformist "churches" in the
UK often meet in sports centres and community halls to worship. Also, around
the same time the OS was inundated with requests from wiccas, pagans,
druids, hobbits and other new-age faiths to add the "place of worship"
symbol to random places on maps - so in the end they decided to stick to the
physical rather than spiritual.

Paul Y





On 11/3/07, spaetz <osm at sspaeth.de> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 12:41:20AM +0100, Ben Companjen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Quick and dirty (made, that is), I designed a prayer logo. I'm sure
> > one can find something alike (but I didn't copy anything).
> >
> > Just an idea: http://www.bonofree.nl/prayer.svg (Inkscape SVG)
>
> Looks nice when big, but is hardly recognizable as anything when shown as
a 15x15 icon or so. Church crosses have at least the advantage of being
recognizable and members of a religion which feels offended are free to
submit their own logos anytime.
>
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