[Tagging] Was there every a proposal for the disused:key=* / abandoned:key=* lifecycle prefixes?

[Paul Allen]

On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 at 13:46, Mateusz Konieczny <matkoniecz at tutanota.com>
wrote:

> 27 Sep 2019, 13:52 by pla16021 at gmail.com:
>
> we don't have any tag indicating residential usage other
> than building=house
>
> building:use=residential?
>

The status for that is "in use," which makes it a little questionable.  It
also raises the same
duplication problem that others argue against: if building=church +
amenity=place_of_worship + religion=christian is redundant then so is
building:use=religious
+ amenity=place_of_worship + religion=christian, although building:use is
optional so you
probably wouldn't use it if it's not needed.

But building:use gives no idea what the building looks like, and there are
many buildings with
distinct styles.  I look at all but two of the Christian places of worship
in my town and see
churches and chapels.  I look at two supermarkets and one ex-supermarket
(currently being
re-purposed) in my town and see buildings that were constructed to be
supermarkets.  I look at
all the buildings on the two industrial estates and the business park and
see industrial units
(most are actually used for retail, but the building style is late-2000s
industrial).  I look at the
three former warehouses adjacent to wharfs and they look like warehouses.

"Turn left at what looks like a church, then right at what looks like a
warehouse, carry on
for a mile and what looks like a supermarket is on your left." are useful
navigational
instructions.  "Turn left at a building that is being used residentially,
then right at a building
that has been split up into holiday accommodation, carry on for a mile and
what is being used as
a community centre and food bank is on your left." are less useful.  YMMV,
particularly if
you're following navigational instructions that do not say what landmarks
look like.

-- 
Paul
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