[OSM-talk] [tagging] Graves?

[Lester Caine]

Robert Vollmert wrote:
> On Jun 24, 2008, at 09:26, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> 
>> Quick question: How do you tag individual graves
>> (either part of a cemetery, or not)?
> 
> Unless I'm missing obvious ideas, not many people have tagged single  
> graves according to tagwatch. Obvious choices:
> 
> historic=grave, historic=tomb
> 
> or if you want something for not-necessarily-historically-significant  
> graves, perhaps
> 
> burial=grave, burial=mass_grave, burial=mausoleum, burial=pyramid

Given the vast volume of data available on genealogical sites relating to 
graveyards and their 'occupants' mapping there position is not a particularly 
silly idea, but I think that it may be taking things a little too far?
The problems with the thought police on wikipedia come to mind, in that 
'notability' may need to become part of the equation, but genealogy is the 
main reason for my interest in OSM anyway, and I keep being told there are no 
limits?
Perhaps we are getting into another area where a side branch is required and a 
'genealogical' set of tags are managed outside the main database. A search for 
the graves of the smith family could produce rather a lot of results 
potentially but adding OSM references to a list of graves sounds more practical?

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