Is there no category for mosques and churches?

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i couldn’t find any english answer, so i’m asking here. i use organic maps and have it connected to my account. i live in jeddah and i can see other bigger mosques have the mosque category but when i try to add my local mosque, it doesn’t have a mosque category. sorry if anything is unclear, i’m using a phone with a bad keyboard

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When I select “hamburger menu” icon (one with multiple horizontal lines), then “Add Place to OpenStreetMap”, then select location and confirm it…

Then searching “mosq” fails to find “Mosque”.

You can edit directly with full editors such as Vespucci (Android), GoMap!! (iPhone) or directly at osm.org. Though osm.org mobile support is poor.

Note, when I use CoMaps instead Organic Maps it gets found.

CoMaps is a remake and fork of Organic Maps which in turn is a remake and fork of MAPS.ME.

See https://www.comaps.app/ and CoMaps - Wikipedia and comaps/comaps: The main code repository of the navigation app CoMaps, a community-led fork of Organic Maps. Reinforced with commitment to transparency, privacy and being not-for-profit. - Codeberg.org

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Sorry, I failed at reading and testing! In Organic Map mosque entry is missing.

It is present in CoMaps, a remake and fork of Organic Maps which in turn is a remake and fork of MAPS.ME.

See https://www.comaps.app/ and CoMaps - Wikipedia and comaps/comaps: The main code repository of the navigation app CoMaps, a community-led fork of Organic Maps. Reinforced with commitment to transparency, privacy and being not-for-profit. - Codeberg.org

Sorry for a confusion. I updated answer above. Once again PEBKAC

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thanks for clarifying, i am installing comaps thanks to your advice. it’s familiar and cross platform as in on android and ios. sorry if my wording is bad (i am on an ancient phone)

and once again, thanks for helping me

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No, your wording was entirely clear.

I just got confused by names and multiple app remakes. And, well, Comaps is a bit bland name.

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Thanks, Also on a somewhat unrelated question.

if i make any updates on osm.org, why don’t i see it in organic/co maps?

also, when i go in edit mode on the site, all the roads and buildings are unaligned to the satellite map

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Organic and Comaps update their files on a cycle. Monthly i think. Comaps provide a small alert to download new versions when available.

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  1. OrganicMaps and CoMaps updates once a month, so in the worst case you will need to wait until processing of the next monthly updates

  2. Using aerial imagery - OpenStreetMap Wiki may be helpful

In general using Using aerial imagery - OpenStreetMap Wiki steps to match imagery to mapped data is typically proper way to do. If you are advanced mapper you may fix existing misaligned data, but it is complex - and if you add more data aligned in the same way it will not make things worse

(if above is unclear feel free to ask here or create a new thread)

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I see this has been solved, but thought it worth mentioning:

“mosque” in natural language has two expressions in OSM-world.

  1. building=mosque is a building built as a mosque. This does not render on Carto.
  2. amenity=place_of_worship + religion=muslim is a place used for salah/namaz/prayers. This does render on Carto.

I don’t know how Organic Maps deals with these, but it may be that type-1 elements have a mosque category , and type-2 elements do not (or the other way round)

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Doesn’t render at all or doesn’t render the word mosque. If the second option that is AFAIK as it should be.

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Doesn’t render at all

eg: building=mosque, no amenity tags, does not render as a place of worship

eg: building=commercial + amenity=place_of_worship, does render as a place of worship

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fwiw CoMaps tags a “mosque” as amenity=place_of_worship + religion=muslim ; not as building=mosque

Al-Majid Centre, Reading, UK

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which is probably fine, as a building might conceivably have been built as a mosque but since repurposed

a building=church with no place_of_worship tag also renders like every other building, e.g. Way: ‪The Abbey Lofts‬ (‪23426557‬) | OpenStreetMap

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That is because it isn’t. building is used for what the building “looks” like. To make it a mosque in the religious sense you have to add amenity=place of worship.

It should however render the contours of the building.

From Buildings - OpenStreetMap Wiki

A building errected as mosque. Used in conjunction with amenity=place_of_worship, religion=*, denomination=* and landuse=religious for the grounds where it is in current use.

As an example: If the building should not be used as a religious location anymore the amenity=place_of_worship is removed, but the building=mosque stays.

Another example: Around here church buildings are re-used as apartments. They keep being building=church because they still look like/are originally constructed as a church. But all worship related tags are removed and Key:building:use - OpenStreetMap Wiki could be added like building:use=apartments.

Edit: Jarek beat me to it :slightly_smiling_face: