Hi Pete, I agree with both Thomas and Michael's usggestions regarding amenity=place_of_worship and amenity=townhall
On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Michael Heißmeier < michae...@digital-filestore.de> wrote: > Hello Pete, > > Some important landmarks in Bangassou are the catholic missions (of > which there are at least two), prayer houses (of which there are many) > and chief's houses (one for every quartier / village etc). Prayer > houses are not churches and cannot be tagged as such as they fulfill > very different roles, socially and culturally. However, they also are > heavily used by local people to navigate the town / villages. Does > anyone have any idea (or previous experience) of how these might be > best tagged? > > > As Thomas already pointed out in his answer you might consider using > amenity=place_of_worship as this is not exclusively reserved for churches. > The OSM wiki has this paragraph concerning that key > > If the place of religious services is located in a *part of a > multi-purpose building*, then the tag amenity > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity>=*place_of_worship* > should be placed on a node or area, inside the building outline. Examples > are prayer rooms in public buildings or rooms rented for religious purposes > in commercial buildings. > > If the prayer house serves more like a cultural or social centre, using > amenity=community_centre sounds like a viable alternative. > > Also, the chief's houses are definitely landmarks, but also are > important places socially (kind of like a local administration > office). However, they are also private residences. Many have a sign > outside with the name of the chief and the quartier etc, but many do > not. How can this be handled? Is it a consent issue with the chiefs? > > > I am tempted to suggest using amenity=townhall. Reading the wiki: > > Use this for a village, town or city *townhall*, a building where the > administration of a village, town or city may be located, or it may just > serve as a community meeting place . > > A townhall is not necessarily used (or having ever been used) for > administrative function. The tag is also used for a "village hall", > commonly in UK villages, and used for community events such as fundraising > and Discos. > > > Apparently, the administrative function is not a requirement for this tag. > > Secondly, admin divisions... > > We are very close to having shapes for the the quartiers in Bangassou > town. I know that the tag admin_level should be used, but how do I > discern the level? The admin flow goes: > > Country > Prefecture > Sub-prefecture > Town/village > Arrondisement (only in the town itself - not in villages) > Quartier > > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative proposes > admin_level=10 for a quartier in CAR > > > I was just browsing the wiki, but have no prior experience concerning > these topics. Hope this helps nevertheless. > > Best Regards > > > *Michael (osm:michael63) * > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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