[Tagging] building=public vs. building=civic

[Steve Doerr]

On 07/04/2020 23:36, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> Although I also see a lot of overlap, I could imagine public buildings to be a bigger category of which civic buildings are only a part, according to your culture and context, one could imagine public buildings that aren’t civic buildings such as churches and temples.

Yes. OED defines 'public building' as 'a building used by the public for 
any purpose, such as assembly, education, entertainment, or worship', 
and even quotes a 19th-century Act of Parliament: '"Public building" 
shall mean every building used as a church, chapel, or other place of 
public worship; also every building used for purposes of public 
instruction; also every building used as a college, public hall, 
hospital, theatre, public concert room, public ball room, public lecture 
room, public exhibition room, or for any other public purposes.'

Whether that's what it means in OSM is another matter.

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Steve

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