* Dave F via Tagging <tagging@openstreetmap.org> [190913 21:37]: > On 13/09/2019 16:14, Wolfgang Zenker wrote: >> That would be kind of redundant, wouldn't it? We already use other tags >> for the current function of a building,
> I'm repeating much of my of my previous comment, but no, the schema > which hijacked building=* to represent the original historical function > of a building never took off*. The vast majority of contributors use it > for it's current purpose. OSM isn't for the mapping of redundant > historical information. Well, I don't know of any hijacking. This thread is the first time I have seen people suggesting to tag the current function only in the building=* tag. But admittedly I'm only active in OSM since 2008, so that might have happened before that or I might have overlooked it. >> so building=* is mostly useful >> when the uilding does look like it was built for some other function >> than it's current one. > How do you know what it was originally used for just from your > interpretation of what a building of a certain function should look > like? It's just guesswork. How does tagging this perception add to, or > improve the quality of the OSM database? I don't care about the buildings original function but about what it looks like. That might or might not match its original and/or current function. And if it looks like a run-of-the-mill nothing-special any- purpose-at-all type of building I tag it as building=yes. > "OpenStreetMap is a place for mapping things that are both /real and > current/" I agree. I recently mapped https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/722948688 "Howard School" in rural Montana. It is a historic building originally built as a public school, looks like a fine specimen of a schoolhouse of it's era, has a prominent sign saying "Howard School" on the front side and so I tagged it "building=school" even when it has not been used as a school since 1947 but is used since for community gatherings. So I also mapped it's current function by adding amenity=community_centre. Of course different mappers have different opinions about what would be the best way to tag something, but I don't see this as a weakness but a strength of OSM. By discussing what we individually think is best and learning from each other we collectively will arrive at better tagging by all over time. Wolfgang ( lyx @ osm ) _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
