In the US, most of these sort of things are markers where people died in accidents. Wikipedia calls them "roadside memorials" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_memorial), and I guess that might be the most common term in the US.
"Shrine", to my ears, has a different, more specifically religious connotation than these memorials--see the examples at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine I wouldn't use shrine to describe a marker where someone died unless it was a saint, or it was for people who literally worshiped ancestors. On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:02 AM, Friedrich Volkmann <b...@volki.at> wrote: > Wayside shrines and crosses are quite common here in Austria, and probably > in other parts of Europe too. They are mounted on posts (or pillars, > walls...) made of various materials (wood, stone...), or on trees. When > mounted on trees, I use a tag combination of historic=wayside_cross (or > _shrine) with natural=tree + species=* etc. and (if applicable) name=*. I > mapped a lot of these that way. > > Therefore I felt kind of annoyed when someone created a wiki page for the > new and apparently synonymous tag historic=tree_shrine and immediately > added > it to the map features without any preceeding usage or discussion. I > contacted him, but we didn't achieve a consensus. > > In order to untangle that tagging issue, I would like to ask native English > speakers for their understanding of terms: > > - How do you call a cross at a tree? > - How do you call a picture of a saint, or other shrine-like object, at a > tree? > - Is the term "tree shrine" common? > - Is it considered a subset of the term "wayside shrine", i.e. can you > refer > to a tree shrine as a wayside shrine? > > If we come to the conclusion that "tree shrine" is the correct term and > that > we therefore ought to tag them as historic=tree_shrine, some further > questions arise: > > - Does it apply to crosses as well, or only to pictures and alike? > - Does historic=tree_shrine imply natural=tree? > - Is name=* the name of the tree or the name of the shrine/picture/cross? > What if they differ? > - Is start_date the birthdate of the tree or the date the shrine was made? > > -- > Friedrich K. Volkmann http://www.volki.at/ > Adr.: Davidgasse 76-80/14/10, 1100 Wien, Austria > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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