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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/12/2014 3:44 PM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tagging-request@openstreetmap.org">tagging-request@openstreetmap.org</a> wrote:<br>
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:05:03 -0800
From: Clifford Snow <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:clifford@snowandsnow.us"><clifford@snowandsnow.us></a>
To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools"
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Subject: Re: [Tagging] Moveable objects tagged as building=*
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 4:59 PM, 715371 <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:osmu715371@gmx.de"><osmu715371@gmx.de></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I am wondering if the building-tag should be used for moveable objects.
I guess that this is not in the sense of the meaning of building (see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building#Residential">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building#Residential</a> and check for
houseboats).
For example according to taginfo houseboats are mapped as
building=houseboat 11496 times. So this is not a new or minor tag.
People often confuse houseboats with floating homes. It could be that these
structures are incorrectly tagged. I would not recommend any mass edit to
change them to man_man.
Clifford
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When is a 'houseboat' a floating home? Here houseboats are self
propelled, floating homes are not .. don't know about elsewhere.
That would be a fairly simple distinction. <br>
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The military in some places put numbers on their buildings.. one
ship was given a building number due to the fact that it spent a
lot of time in port.. the Admiral was not amused .. the ship spent
a little more time at sea from then on. So how much time does an
object need to stay in one spot before it is considered fixed? I'd
not map things that move frequently .. cars, trucks, boats, ships,
trains ... </big><br>
<big>Some caravan parks have 'mobile homes' that don't move .. well
not for many years.. I'd map them. </big><br>
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Perhaps anything tagged building=houseboat could be made into
building=floating_home ? </big><br>
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