Tag:historic=milestone

historic = milestone
Description
A historic marker that shows the distance to important destinations
Group: Historic
Used on these elements
See also
highway=milestone railway=milestone waterway=milestone
Status: de facto
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A  milestone is a historic physical marker that shows the distance to the beginning or important destinations. They are usually made of stone, placed along a road. Milestones of abandoned railways can also have this tag.

How to Map

Add a node and add historic=milestone and name=*.

Tags to use in combination

• format=* squared stone, conus, obelisk, bell
• height=* height above ground in meter
• inscription=* what is written on the milestone
• start_date=#### (year)
• moved=yes

Please do not tag name="milestone" just to get it rendered!

Similar Tags

For "modern" milestones look at
highway=milestone - Proposed_features/Milestones
railway=milestone
waterway=milestone

For "historic" milestones look at
historic=milestone
historic=boundary stone

See also

• Tag:boundary=marker
• This Map:[1] - shows historic boundary stones and milestones in the OSM database.
• historic.place
• JOSM Template Milestone BoundaryStone