Hello all, There's a discussion on the talk mailing list about rendering the relatively new tag place=square[1] on the default OSM base map. This tag is used for town squares (also known as plaza in Spain, place in France, Platz in Germany, and piazza in Italy).
I suggest that we retag many of our town plazas as place=square. Currently we tag these as either leisure=park, such as Plaza Pershing[2] in Zamboanga City, or highway=pedestrian + area=yes, such as Plaza Miranda[3] in Quiapo, Manila. While I think plazas that look or feel like parks (has lawns and many plants) can still remain as leisure=park, I think plazas that are mostly pedestrian in structure should be retagged as place=square and only tag the actual pedestrian areas inside the plaza as highway=pedestrian + area=yes. For example, I think Plaza Santa Cruz[4] in Manila is not currently mapped correctly because the map contains a solid pedestrian area but this is not correct because Carriedo Fountain is in the middle and pedestrians cannot really walk over the fountain. I think the whole area, including the roads, should be tagged place=square + name=Plaza Santa Ana, and only the small portion that is pedestrian, excluding the Carriedo Fountain, should be tagged highway=pedestrian + area=yes. What do you all think? [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dsquare [2] https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/235474192 [3] https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/28788630 [4] https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/34317040
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