[OSM-talk] How to map cemetery ?

[Craig Wallace]

On 10/09/2009 01:21, Ulf Lamping wrote:
> Craig Wallace schrieb:
>    
>> 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.
>>      
> So what's the question now?
>    
The question is what's the difference between a "amenity=grave_yard" and 
a "landuse=cemetery", and is there any point in having 2 tags for what 
is essentially the same thing?

> Well, it's simply a bad thing to indicate stuff by something that's
> "nearby". What's nearby? 1m/10m/100m/1000m? Is it indicated by a
> place_of_worship, a building=church or xy?
>    
But why does it matter whether there is a church there or not? A 
grave_yard (next to a church) is still much the same as a cemetery (not 
next to a church), its still just a place for burying dead people.

> Don't tag for the renderers ;-)
>    
I'm not, I was just reporting what is currently rendered. Though it 
would be nice to have a symbol for a node tagged as a graveyard/cemetery.

Craig