On 21 Oct 2009, at 09:44, Ulf Lamping wrote:
Peter Childs schrieb:Yes But, If a Pub is tagged amenity=pub disused=yes The thing looks like a put (ie large pub like lables) henceworks relatively well as a land mark, it just happens to be closed and does not sell Beer anymore. Its still useful if its a landmark. same asa disused mine shaft is.Once it gets knocked down, or reused, or as something else then the tagsneed changing.There is no but here.A former cafe can be helpful as a landmark as well. Especially when it's a free standing building (e.g. in a forest) near a larger city, which isnot that uncommon in germany. If you stand in front of it, you'll now this once was a cafe. Largerpaved area in front, view to a lake, maybe even chairs piled and locked, ...
It is not helpful if you are looking for a list of places that you can get a coffee/beer/snack.
If you want to use old cafes as a landmark you could use old_amenity=cafe to say that it is no longer open and serving customers.
Shaun
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