[Tagging] Quonset hut

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2017-04-12 23:48 GMT+02:00 John Willis <johnw at mac.com>:

> I know Martin and others have talked about tagging buildings that have
> been repurposed - but a Quonset hut has always been a multipurpose
> structure, so unless there is some building:design=Quonset scheme, I am not
> sure you will have to define that it is a Quonset hut.



building=* has never been about "purpose" though, it is about architectural
type (form, shape, function, structure, etc.). The purpose is what leads
(amongst other criteria) to choosing an architectural type, so there is a
link between the two, and it seems this might be creating some confusion.

Cheers,
Martin
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