Tag:historic=memorial

+/- historic=memorial Description Small memorials, usually remembering special persons, peoples lost their lives in the world wars Used on these elements Useful combination Key:name Used combinations in World Australia/Oceania Europe (list) Asia (list) Central America (list) South America (list) Africa (list) Status Approved

A feature for tagging smaller memorials, usually remembering special persons, peoples lost their lives in the world wars

Memorials can be often found at public greens or cemeteries.

Contents 1 How to map 2 Tags to use in combination 3 Similar tags 4 Rendering 5 See also 6 Photos

How to map

Place a node at the centre point, or draw a way around the outline of the construction

Tags to use in combination

• name=* ̣– The name of the memorial
• memorial=* – Expand on the type of memorial, for example memorial=war_memorial
• historic:civilization=* – For the civilization that created the feature.
• inscription=* – The text of an inscription that may be found on the memorial.

Similar tags

historic=monument - An object, especially large and made of stone, built to remember and show respect to a person or group of people

Rendering

• Mapnik - rendered
• Osmarender - rendered blue point
• OpenStreetBrowser - rendered

See also

• Approved_features/Tag:historic=memorial - Original proposal
• Stolpersteine (small Holocaust memorials in Germany and other European countries)
• Sühnekreuz are a special type of memorials - there is no special English word for this so memorial:type=de:mordwange will be use. Look even suehnekreuz.de
  • Wikipedia suggests "Conciliation cross"

Photos

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  Memorial at Tynwald Hill, Isle of Man, remembering people lost their lives in WW I.

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  Small memorial at Douglas cemetery, Isle of Man, remembering people lost their lives in the Tourist Trophy.

Related terms: reminder. remembering. remembrance. monumental. memorial. statue. relic. memento. record.