Bit late but punch "Big Banana" into the slippy map name finder. I saw Big Banana on a map in the early '80s and just had to drive there to see what was. Well, it was just that. Awe inspiring as bananas go but no explanatory sign, nothing else. Now it is a developed tourist facility.
Mike unwinding At 16:12 21/08/2009, Kate wrote: Thank you for all the replies. For the acorn, I think tourism=attraction is appropriate, and in this case, it's apparently also a historic landmark (historic=yes). The acorn has been around since the 1850s, which is around the time that the town was established. The description tag is also very useful. -Kate On 8/12/09, Igor Brejc <igor.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I usually tag it as: > > tourism=attraction > name=... > description=.... > > Some other annotations ( > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features#Annotation)<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features#Annotation%29>can > also be > useful. > > Regards, > Igor > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Kate <maps2w...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> At the last DC mapping party in Silver Spring, Maryland, I came across >> a giant acorn that should be marked on OSM, but not sure the best way >> to tag it: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmf164/3814667470/ >> >> Also, how we should tag attractions like the world's largest >> strawberry in Strawberry Point, Iowa: >> >> http://www.roadsideamerica.com/salad/strawberry.html >> >> -Kate
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