2009/10/20 Lesi <l...@lesi.is-a-geek.net>: >> It would be helpful to know what people are mapping these features as >> currently - looking in the UK I can see one "man-made=mineshaft" and no >> references to "surface_mining". Do you know what people are using >> currently? > > In the area I map the mineshafts are currently not mapped at all. Also > looking at mineshafts in other parts of the world they are very often not > mapped. Sometimes they are tagged with tourism=attraction (especially when > they can be visited), sometimes with historic=mine (if they are disused), > sometimes there is only a note, that there is a mineshaft. But it seems > mostly they are not mapped because people do not know how to tag them.
There is probably a good reason only tourist attractions are mapped because you wouldn't be allowed to go near one unless you worked there, there is a mine shaft on the other side of town but I wouldn't get anywhere near it. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
