[Tagging] building typology vs usage

[Mateusz Konieczny]

13 Sep 2019, 21:37 by tagging at openstreetmap.org:

> On 13/09/2019 16:14, Wolfgang Zenker wrote:
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>> That would be kind of redundant, wouldn't it? We already use other tagsfor the current function of a building,
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> I'm repeating much of my of my previous comment, but no, the schema    which hijacked building=* to represent the original historical    function of a building never took off*. The vast majority of    contributors use it for it's current purpose. OSM isn't for the    mapping of redundant historical information. 
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>  *building:use = 628 167
>  building!=yes  = > 65 221 930
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That is because in vast majority 
current use is the same as suggested
by how building looks like.
I also often tag building=* about its
structure without tagging building:use

Note also that building tag is not about
historical data.

Industrial buildings with fast food
inside is building=industrial

Remodeled industrial building
that lost indicators of its original
use is not building=industrial

-+--
Btw, can you link evidence that
building tag was originally for
current use, not for current appearance?

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