In Feb. 08, a German User initiated two proposals about wayside religious man made objects . The discussion is moving at slow pace and no voting is previsible. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/wayside_cross http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/wayside_shrine
From Tagwatch, it can be seen that more than 6,000 "wayside shrines" were introduced into the map of Germany (most of them are "bildstocks"). In France, more than 2,000 wayside crosses were mapped. Thousands of crosses are repertoried in the other European countries. We have an unofficial tag that becomes popular. Are there people interested for moving the process to an end? An user proposed that ordinary or recent crosses (nude or a simple crucifix) could tagged as man made=cross as not every cross has gained a historic value, neither is staying wayside. It could be valuable also to have a specific rendering for crosses and shrines that have been tagged as tourism=artwork. I don't know whether a rendering has been designed for the shrines (they can be a little box on a pole or a little construction) . Seems have not. Another valuable point : the crosses are seen only in catholic regions across Europa, but not the shrines. I suppose that some little religious buildings must be visible in orthodox faith regions. There are also, in North Africa and in Turkey, some roadside tombs for men of high religious reputation to whose many people are used to pay marks of respect. If Thibet could be mapped, one should consider the "stupas". Not mentioning other areas (India, Andes, etc.). A wiki page encompassing all that sorts of religious objects would be useful. But, first of all, let's pushing forward the admission of the tags for crosses and shrines. Christian _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
