[Tagging] creameries

[Jez Nicholson]

The previous usage of buildings is something for OpenHistoricalMap. Many
buildings were previously something else: pubs, warehouses, post offices,
etc. IMHO the proposed tagging does not belong in OSM.

On Thu, 16 Sep 2021, 23:49 Graeme Fitzpatrick, <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> On Fri, 17 Sept 2021 at 03:39, Anne-Karoline Distel <annekadistel at web.de>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking of creating a tag for historic creameries. I don't know
>> anything about modern ones, they could possibly included, but the situation
>> in Ireland in the past was that farmers brought their milk to the local
>> ceamery, it was skimmed and the cream made into butter or cheese and the
>> farmers took the rest back home to feed to pigs or something. I don't know
>> all the technicalities, but those buildings were purpose built, often still
>> recognizable by their architecture, mostly vacant now, but some are
>> converted into cafés, warehouses or other commercial uses apparently.
>>
> In Australia, they were often called a "Butter Factory", & there are still
> a number of them still named & standing, but sadly, no longer operating.
>
>> I'd favour building=industrial + historic=creamery plus start and
>> end_date whereever known, and of course the current use, if it isn't
>> vacant and/ or derelict.
>>
> I think that would be the way to go, except that ours would be
> historic=butter_factory. Or would =milk_factory be a good catch-all term?
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
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