[Tagging] building=entrance

[Jmapb]

On 12/12/2022 2:28 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> Following a JOSM discussion I wanted to ask here, if someone else is 
> using building=entrance to tag entrance buildings.
>
> It is a term that seems well introduced and understandable, so there 
> is not much hindering people from using it, just that there was the 
> bad practice to use the same tag on nodes for what is now done with 
> the "entrance" key.
> sorry, missed the link https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/22570
>
> any comments on the tag? Someone else using it for buildings?

Two thoughts offhand:

1) I feel pretty strongly that any value of building=* should refer to a 
type of building. To me, building=entrance would sound like an attempt 
at tagging something similar to building=gatehouse.

2) building=* on a node is just fine; we don't always have sufficient 
aerial imagery or other data to discern an acceptable footprint. (That's 
on a freestanding node of course; building=* on a node that's part of 
another building's perimeter would be a problem.)

Cheers, J