[Tagging] Basic philosophy of OSM tagging

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

> Am 16.01.2015 um 12:56 schrieb moltonel 3x Combo <moltonel at gmail.com>:
> 
> The building tag
> is now clearly documented as pertaining to the nature of things, but
> this hasn't always been the case

at least in the past 7 years (and back then there have been hardly any buildings mapped) it has always been the building type to be expressed with the tag (and 99% have been "yes"). Now "type" is not completely clear either, it can refer to the usage class or to the construction system for instance, but in OSM I've always seen it as usage type (eg hotel, church, ...), eventually combining formal aspects if you do it in a detailed way.

cheers,
Martin