[OSM-talk] How to map cemetery ?

[Craig Wallace]

On 09/09/2009 22:00, David Earl wrote:
> On 09/09/2009 21:43, Valent Turkovic wrote:
>    
>> Is grave_yard tag used? I don't see it in JOSM. Why is the wiki so
>> confusing for this simple thing to map.
>>      
> I think the original distinction was that a graveyard is the burial
> ground around a church, while a cemetery is a separate pice of land set
> aside for burials, not necessarily associated with a church, or a
> denomination - in the UK, many of these are operated by local
> authorities not religious institutions, while the graveyard around a
> church is exclusive to the church.
Though around here, quite a few of the graveyards next to churches are 
operated by the council, and they are called "placename Cemetery" or 
similar.

> Having said that, I kind of agree with you, that the distinction is
> subtle and probably adds little.
>    
It seems like a fairly pointless and confusing distinction to me. 
Shouldn't the fact that they are next to / around a church be obvious 
from the church marked on the map? And the cemetery can be tagged with 
the operator / religion / denomination as appropriate.

Also, I notice (according to Map Features on the wiki) 
amenity=grave_yard can apply to a node or an area, whereas 
landuse=cemetery is supposed to be just for areas.
Though amenity=grave_yard on a node doesn't seem to rendered at all (on 
Mapnik or Osmarender), but landuse=cemetery on a node does render the 
name (but no symbol).
On areas, both appear to be rendered identically.

Craig