[Tagging] Tagging buildings that people work in

[ET Commands]

> Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 20:46:28 +0100
> From: Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com>
> To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools"
> 	<tagging at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [Tagging] Tagging buildings that people work in
>
> On Wed, 29 May 2019 at 19:09, ET Commands <etcommands at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My personal criteria is not meant to be that exact.  For example, I can
>> see from an aerial photo a large building surrounded by a large parking
>> lot.  I can surmise that several or many people work in the building,
>> but I have no idea what they do there.
>>
> Sorry, but you cannot surmise that people work there.  Even if you do a
> ground survey,
> it may not be possible to make that determination unless you get close
> enough.
>
> Sure, large office buildings of relatively recent construction tend to have
> a distinctive style
> ("Lego plain with large windows").  And they often have a large car park.
> But...
>
> England changed its planning rules in 2013 to allow the conversion of
> office blocks and
> industrial buildings into homes without having to apply for planning
> permission (often
> a lengthy and expensive process, with permission frequently being denied).
> The outcome,
> given the economic downturn, was predictable.  There are a lot of buildings
> that, using
> aerial imagery and your criteria, would be mapped as offices but which are
> not.
>
> Reference: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48031661
>
> -- 
> Paul


Fair enough.  But in the area where I map in the United States, I would 
bet that using my criteria I would be correct 95% of the time, if not more.

Mark