Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread David Woolley
On 23/05/2019 21:37, Mark Goodge wrote: Normally, commercial buildings have the owner's name as the value of the 'name' key. This is often wrong, as often the business does not occupy the whole building. ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
>I could do that here, and then move the building name into the 'addr:housename' key, but that seems inappropriate. That's what I would have done. Curious as to why you think that is inappropriate? Seems logical to me (addressing a letter would be Jewellery company name, Wisdom Hall, Street,

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
23 May 2019, 22:37 by m...@good-stuff.co.uk: > However, the building is still known locally as "Wisdom hall" > Then name tag is correct. > But then, where does the current owner's name go? For now, I've put it into > the 'operator' key. But I'm not really sure if that's the right place

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread Mark Goodge
On 23/05/2019 22:09, Phillip Barnett wrote: Not sure how to tag it now, but are you sure the name is correct? JW’s place of worship has always been known as a Kingdom Hall, not Wisdom. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Hall No; this is definitely Wisdom Hall. It's an early name,

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread Phillip Barnett
Not sure how to tag it now, but are you sure the name is correct? JW’s place of worship has always been known as a Kingdom Hall, not Wisdom. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Hall Sent from my iPhone > On 23 May 2019, at 21:37, Mark Goodge wrote: > > Looking for some advice... > >

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread Edward Catmur via Talk-GB
The "building:name" tag would seem to be appropriate here. Some examples: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/170028507 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/85945126 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/25911545 An alternative could be to have two objects: the building as a way, and the tenant either as

[Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread Mark Goodge
Looking for some advice... There's a building in the town where I live that was originally constructed by the Jehovah's Witnesses and named, by them, "Wisdom Hall". It hasn't been used by the JWs now for several years, ever since they moved to a new location. The building is currently