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On 13/09/2019 16:14, Wolfgang Zenker wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">That would be kind of redundant, wouldn't it? We already use other tags
for the current function of a building,</pre>
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I'm repeating much of my of my previous comment, but no, the schema
which hijacked building=* to represent the original historical
function of a building never took off*. The vast majority of
contributors use it for it's current purpose. OSM isn't for the
mapping of redundant historical information. <br>
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<pre wrap=""> so building=* is mostly useful
when the uilding does look like it was built for some other function
than it's current one.</pre>
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How do you know what it was originally used for just from your
interpretation of what a building of a certain function should look
like? It's just guesswork. How does tagging this perception add to,
or improve the quality of the OSM database? <br>
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"OpenStreetMap is a place for mapping things that are both <em>real
and current</em>"<br>
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*building:use = 628 167<br>
building!=yes = <span class="qv3Wpe" id="cwos">65 221 930</span><br>
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DaveF <br>
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