[Tagging] Historic building usage
Dave F
davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com
Thu Mar 29 15:05:10 UTC 2018
On 29/03/2018 15:38, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> On 29.03.2018 15:38, Dave F wrote:
>>> The building=train_station tag remains, since it describes the
>>> building type, independent of the current usage.
>>
>> No. The building tag is for current usage. OSM maps the present with
>> its primary tags. If contributors want to indicate it had previous
>> use, as I do in this case, it should be tagged with clearly defined
>> sub tags.
>
> We understand that you have strong personal opinions, and remember the
> debate about exit nodes in roundabouts.
For which I still believe I'm correct.
>
> However the consensus with many other mappers in OSM is, as descried
> in the wiki:
>
> "the [building=*] value may be used to classify the _type_ of
> building. Note that it may be not the same as the building's current
> use (tagged using building:use=*). For example, a hospital building
> that is abandoned or repurposed to be a marketplace is still a
> building=hospital, and to mark active hospitals amenity=hospital is
> used. "
Which was added less than one month ago. Was there a recent discussion?
>
> It also perfectly reflects common language. Imagine the following BrE
> example:
> "Do you see the church building over there? It is now used as a
> climbing hall!"
I disagree. "Say what you see" is more common. if you point to a
warehouse that's converted to apartments & ask "What's that there?"
you're either get "Those are apartments" or "That's the old warehouse".
A building's historical purpose should be put in a specific tag.
>
>> The building:use tag is inaccurately used. (I believe it shouldn't be
>> used at all).
>
> Again this is your personal opinion. building:use is well defined in
> the wiki, and used 630000 times.
>
>> IMO this is poor tagging. If a building is now used as a place for
>> people to live then it clearly isn't a warehouse any more.
>
> No, but it has the building type of a warehouse. Ans some people like
> it, and say:
> "Hey, I have an new loft in the old warehouse."
Yes! Note your use of 'old'. 'Building' tag does not indicate a previous
purpose.
If a shop tagged a building=retail, shop=* is change to a residential
house would you keep the building=retail tag?
DaveF
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