[Tagging] Public buildings

[Warin]

I would have the wiki page 'amenity=public_building' redirect to 'building=public' and then any alternatives suggested on that page.


On 10/01/2016 8:54 AM, Andy Townsend wrote:
> ‎With a "data consumer" hat on, I did look at the usage of "amenity=public_building" in the UK over Christmas. I really wasn't able to read anything into it - its use locally included public toilets and "government functions" that are actually outsourced to a third-party, as well as the bandstands that you mention.
>
> What might be interesting (and what I didn't do unfortunately) would be to sample a bunch of them and suggest better alternatives - maybe in changeset discussions?
>
>    Original Message
> From: Matthijs Melissen
> Sent: Saturday, 9 January 2016 21:24
> To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools
> Reply To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools
> Subject: [Tagging] Public buildings
>
> Hi all,
>
> The tag amenity=public_building has been marked as 'Don't use' on the
> wiki since 2010 (see
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dpublic_building ). As
> far as I know, marking the tag as 'Don't use' has not been discussed
> extensively, and the tag is still very commonly used (111 941 times
> currently). I therefore think it would be worth to discuss this tag
> once more.
>
> Initially I didn't have much problems with this tag, and I have used
> it commonly to mark government buildings. However, when I started
> looking at how this tag is used (with Overpass), I discovered that it
> is indeed use for quite a variety of things. It saw it being used for
> government buildings, train stations, expo halls, art centres,
> municipal sport centres, and band stands, amongst others. Nearly all
> of these have more specific other tags.
>
> In particular, potential replacement tags for government tags are
> office=administrative (26 836 times in use) for central government and
> office=administrative (8 725) for local government.
>
> I think we have a choice of two options:
> 1. Accept the tag - in that case we'd need to come up with a clear
> definition, and decide how it compares to the office=administrative
> and office=administrative tags.
> 2. Reject the tag and mark it as discouraged on the wiki..
>
> The tag is currently supported by JOSM, but not by iD. If we decide to
> approve this tag, it would make sense to ask iD to support it. On the
> other hand, if we decide to discourage it, it would make sense to ask
> JOSM to remove the preset, and preferably, even add a deprecation
> warning to the validator.
>
> What do you think? Which way would you prefer to go?
>
> -- Matthijs
>
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