<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Yes, this is commonly done in OSM. Generally speaking, anything with a footprint and some kind of roof can get a `building=*` tag. In most cases people tag it as `building=yes` but you could really just make up anything for the tag value. `building=riverboat` or `building=train_car` would be fine.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">`building=no` is the only one (afaik) that downstream consumers need to watch out for.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks, Bryan</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 1, 2015, at 10:40 AM, Jack Burke <<a href="mailto:burkejf3@gmail.com" class="">burkejf3@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Is it correct to tag a non-building object with building=yes if it is functionally used as one? <br class="">
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As examples, I'm thinking about restaurants that use an old train car as a dining room, or this unusual example of a riverboat as a welcome center <a href="http://osm.org/go/Tv8f5t42q?layers=N&way=349671718" class="">http://osm.org/go/Tv8f5t42q?layers=N&way=349671718</a><br class="">
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