[OSM-talk] Place of worship: wayside crosses

[Christoph Eckert]

Hi,

> There was some discussion about this on the list last month, (in a
> thread that started by talking about the Icon tag), and there is now a
> proposed tag as wayside_cross (there is also wayside_shrine).
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/wayside_cross

ah, thanks for the pointer (and sorry I missed it).

> Wayside crosses are not common in English speaking areas. Well, people
> put small white crosses up were people died in car accidents, but
> that's not the same thing.

Yes, we also have them, but it's not the same. Wayside crosses seem to be a 
speciality in southern de, at and Alsace.

Cheers,

ce