I didn’t like the “man-made” part of the tower tag, TBH, nor what I took to be the implication that it was a stand-alone element, which it generally isn’t.
The tower tag on its own does have a number of useful attributes, though, which could be extended. So if we ignore the man-made tag, we could have church:tower= yes | no church:steeple= yes | no (which could assume the steeple on top of the tower, if both present) followed by the tower:tag=value sets as appropriate. Regards, Stuart Reynolds for traveline south east & anglia On 10 Feb 2017, at 10:53, Dan S <danstowell+...@gmail.com<mailto:danstowell+...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Stuart, Ah, the Ordance Survey view of the world: you're either a tower or a steeple ;) Towers and steeples are just one of many building parts, which can be mapped the same way as other 3D aspects of buildings: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:part Heights are readily added using the generic height tags that are used for so many things. But then also, this page tells me that "tower:type=bell_tower" is "Widely used for steeples and bell towers": http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dtower Flagpole is easy http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dflagpole The only thing I don't have a ready answer for is "number of steps", and "bells" as distinct from their enclosures. So I'm left suspecting that maybe you're aware of these things but there's an itch they don't scratch...? Best Dan 2017-02-10 10:27 GMT+00:00 Stuart Reynolds <stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk<mailto:stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk>>: Hi All, On OS maps there is a distinction between churches with towers, churches with steeples, and “other” places of worship. These are all readily surveyable (so that we are not taking data from OS). But as far as I can determine, there is no tagging scheme that would allow towers or steeples to be added, nor to have (for example) the height of tower, numbers of steps, flagpoles, bells, etc added (which could be useful). Am I right, or have I missed something? If right, do we need to agree a tagging scheme that would allow us to enter that info? Many thanks Regards, Stuart Reynolds for traveline south east & anglia _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org<mailto:Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org<mailto:Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
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