Proposal:Place of Worship

Place_of_Worship
Proposal status:	Abandoned (inactive)
Proposed by:	Josy
Tagging:	amenity=place_of_worship Data item
Statistics:
Rendered as:	Can be area in addition to node
Draft started:
Proposed on:	2007-03-27

Rationale

Churches are usually big buildings. Therefore I propose that the map feature (amenity=place_of_worship) may also be used in conjunction with an area.

Description

The map feature for a Place of Worship (amenity=place_of_worship) is used to mark churches. However currently this map feature may only be applied to a node.

Rendering

The area should become colored in a color used for buildings (e.g. gray). In the middle of the area the same icon for church as currently applied to a node marked with (amenity=place_of_worship) should be shown. See also Tag:amenity=place_of_worship.

Discussion

• Currently I stick POW on a node, and building=yes on the area, but it would be nice to link to the two and extend it to areas as well as a node, in case people want to render the building itself as the POW rather than just the node. So I agree. Ben. 15:32, 27 March 2007 (BST)

I also agree, the Cathedral in St_Albans is really more than a little church symbol, and I'd prefer to see it rendered in quite a dark grey or even black. TomChance 09:36, 29 March 2007 (BST)

We could perhaps do with some stuff for indicating cathedrals (as opposed to parish churches), anyways, aside from area support... Morwen 09:40, 29 March 2007 (BST)

• Yes, I think this and the general idea that most amenity types (car parks, police stations, bus stations, hospitals ...) should be applicable as both nodes (for small locations and/or coarse-grained mapping) and areas (for large features and/or detailed mapping) is a Good Thing. Care needs to be taken as to whether this should apply just to the church building or to the grounds. MikeCollinson 21:12, 22 April 2007 (BST)

• PS, For many older christian churches in Europe that are surrounded by burials, using landuse=cemetary for the surrounding churchyard renders very nicely. MikeCollinson 08:13, 11 June 2007 (BST)

Would "building=place_of_worship" perhaps be better? --Hawke 00:42, 15 June 2007 (BST)

• Indeed, and that already renders on both maps. I think the way to deal with the node/building relationship is via a Relation. The same issue arises over schools, farms and a number of other objects. David.earl 19:32, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

• Yes, I would agree that some thought needs to go in to the grounds surrounding places of worship - I have come across several churches that have significant amounts of land around them that are part of their grounds. Franc 11:01, 2 January 2008 (UTC)