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<p>"we map what's present" - is that current use? What if it's
vacant? Do we map what we see or what the locals see, i.e. "That
looks like an interesting building, what is it?" - "Oh, that's the
old creamery, but it closed in 1975." Do you tag that as <font
face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">building=yes</font> or <font
face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">building=industrial</font>
or whatever the outcome of this discussion will be?</p>
<p>Anne<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/09/2021 23:53, Dave F via Tagging
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cite="mid:8d231381-222f-e54e-6a30-50fcb559b6fc@btinternet.com">On
17/09/2021 20:44, Yves via Tagging wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Building=church is not used because it's a
place of worship, but because the building have a church
architecture.
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If I was to build a residential property in a style that I, or
more importantly, you perceive as a church; & to then say it
should be tagged as a church, even though it's *never* been one,
is ridiculous.
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The building:use tag inappropriately expects contributors to make
guesses bases purely on a building's visual appearance.
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What does a 'architecturally like a church' church look like? it's
so varied.
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This is a church:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/mud-hut-used-as-church-zambian-bush-170127141.jpg">https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/mud-hut-used-as-church-zambian-bush-170127141.jpg</a>
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In OSM we map what's current. When a building stops being used as
a church/school/whatever, the building tag get s amended
appropriated;. If someone wishes to record what it was, the
historic tag, or similar can be used.
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DaveF
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