<div dir="ltr">The `building` tag actually specifies the original purpose or form of the building - it just happens that this usually aligns with the current use. As such, I think it's fine to leave them tagged as `building=apartments`.<div><br></div><div>See: <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:use">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:use</a>. Interestingly that wiki page points to the lifecycle prefix page for the case of disused buildings, but I'd say feel free to use `building:use=disused` to explicitly tag them for future mappers to see.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 3:22 PM Jez Nicholson <<a href="mailto:jez.nicholson@gmail.com">jez.nicholson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Change it to building=yes + disused:building=apartments ?...it's still a building, but the original use is now disused?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- Jez</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 17 Dec 2019, 14:51 Gareth L, <<a href="mailto:o.i@live.co.uk" target="_blank">o.i@live.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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There are some tower blocks near me which have been emptied of residents ahead of eventual demolition of the buildings. They’re not coming back into use due to issues with their construction.
<div><a href="http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/lzDlWfY8iYo2cUVmO1FNmQ/photo" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/lzDlWfY8iYo2cUVmO1FNmQ/photo</a> They’re boarded up to secure them in the interim.</div>
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<div>All the guidance I can find on the abandoned or disused tags are to leave the building as defined but to use abandoned/disused prefix on the amenity. </div>
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<div>These didn’t have an amenity though. They do still exist on the ground, but no longer function as apartments.</div>
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<div>I’d like to use construction style tagging, but it doesn’t feel quite right looking at all examples I’ve found. e.g.</div>
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<div>Disused=apartments</div>
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<div>What have you used for buildings which are awaiting demolition, or are undergoing a protracted demolition process but are not amenities?</div>
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<div>Gareth</div>
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