[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - defensive structures

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Wed, 7 Jul 2021 at 05:28, Georg <georg2016 at nurfuerspam.de> wrote:

> And where to draw the line between historic and currently used defensive
> structures? For example, are bunkers of WW II historic? And of iron
> curtain? And of any more recent conflict/precaution? Does it only matter
> when a structure was originally built or whether it is still in use by
> military? IMHO difficult :)
>

I'll turn this question around a bit & ask one that I raised a while back,
but didn't get a response on.

Should historic (WW1 / WW2) bunkers & similar structures be labelled as
military=bunker etc?

I'm not going back to look at the figures just now, but off the top of the
head, there are currently ~50000 military=bunkers mapped, with lots of them
located along the French & Norwegian Atlantic coasts, others in the Somme
area, & even some Civil War structures in the US - I doubt any of them are
still active!

Yes, it's obvious when you look at one that it was built as a military
bunker, which goes back to the argument that it was built as a church, so
it's still a building=church, regardless of the fact that it may now be a
private residence, a Doctor's surgery, or a nightclub!

Should military=* be reserved for current military structures / facilities
/ establishments?

Thanks

Graeme
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