Wow, thanks Martin - amazing stuff Thanks
Graeme On 8 August 2018 at 23:11, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > On 8. Aug 2018, at 05:24, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The centre of a place is a little cultural, a little of frequent use and a > little from signs.m > > > > I’ve written 2 diary entries about the centres of Rome and Berlin, maybe > it is of interest in this context: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/dieterdreist/diary/40735 > > For historic cities the centre is typically the castle (often the same > location) often nowadays there’s the townhall, while railway stations are > usually at the border of the historic city, not the centre centre. > > Churches traditionally also tend to be at the borders, because their > churchyard was used for burying and to reduce the risk of plagues it wasn’t > in the centre. > > It depends how old the place is, obviously. > > Ciao, Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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