On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Elliott Plack <elliott.pl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I were to classify "abandoned" buildings myself, I'd go by the wiki > definition which would include buildings that "have fallen into serious > disrepair and which could only be put back into operation with expensive > effort" [2]. However, if we even include the data, it would only be for > buildings the city has identified as vacant. > > You've raised a good point that it'd be hard to mechanically determine > whether a building is abandoned or disused. I'll have to check if the > dataset is only for truly abandoned buildings like the ones above. > Interesting thread. There are 960+ abandoned building tags according to taginfo. But only 60 with either vacant or empty. My little town has a number of vacant buildings. It might be interesting to see them on a map. There maybe a small handful of abandoned by the definition of serious disrepair. I suspect a search of tax records to show who owns the property might be a clue. I have be in contact with the city about importing their building data. I will remember to discuss their definition of vacant vs. abandoned. Clifford -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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