[OSM-talk] Tagging general buildings

Ralf Zimmermann Ralf at Zimmermann.com
Fri Nov 16 17:47:04 GMT 2007


The tag is not on the Map Features wiki page, but you can tag an area
with building=yes and name=something and it will be rendered. I have
seen a lot of general use buildings with this combination of tags.

Ralf
Munich, Germany


On Nov 16, 2007 6:20 PM, Gregory <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I'm wanting to tag a building that is going to be a conference centre and
> will also be used for church services/meetings (the church has just bought
> and got planning permission for this building).
> So I think it's important that this is on the map with it's name as it's out
> of town, and people will be wanting to find it to go to the few things that
> are happening before it's furbished. (the church is still using a school
> most sundays)
>
> There is no tag for a conference centre. I would propose one but I think
> there should also be a general tag for buildings so that names can be
> rendered.
> Can anybody make a suggestion? amenity=building/name=whatever?
>
> In the case of this church, I would be thinking of something like:
> area tagged with:
> amenity=conference_centre (or just amenity=building)
> name=The Durham Centre
> then a node inside tagged with:
> amenity=place_of_worship
> name=Emmanuel Church
> religion=christian
> denomination=New Froniters
>
>
> --
> Gregory
> nomoregrapes at gmail.com
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