Re: [Tagging] Questions on building-tag

2017-12-19 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 19. Dec 2017, at 22:00, Janko Mihelić wrote: > > I wouldn't tag this building=cathedral, even building=church is a bit much. size is not everything, surely you have noticed this is from the nineth century? If this building is considered a cathedral I would use the tag

Re: [Tagging] Questions on building-tag

2017-12-19 Thread Janko Mihelić
Let me show to you, the smallest cathedral in the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Cross,_Nin It's not the seat of a bishop any more, but it was in the past (and churches are often called cathedrals even after they lose the status of a seat of a bishop). I wouldn't tag thi

Re: [Tagging] Questions on building-tag

2017-12-19 Thread Marc Gemis
Adam, Martin, thanks for your input. It seems that one cannot only rely on what one sees from the street, or at least not always. Sometimes the name (church vs cathedral) has to be used to determine the value for building. I've seen pubs in all kind of buildings in Belgium, from being located in t

Re: [Tagging] Questions on building-tag

2017-12-19 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2017-12-19 9:09 GMT+01:00 Adam Snape : > Hi, > > My own view of the building tag is that it notes what the building looks > like to someone on the ground. If it's a fairly generic building then > obviously the current use is a fairly good indicator. Something like a > church or pub though often st

Re: [Tagging] Questions on building-tag

2017-12-19 Thread Adam Snape
Hi, My own view of the building tag is that it notes what the building looks like to someone on the ground. If it's a fairly generic building then obviously the current use is a fairly good indicator. Something like a church or pub though often still retains the characteristics of that type of bui

Re: [Tagging] Questions on building-tag

2017-12-16 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 16. Dec 2017, at 09:39, Marc Gemis wrote: > > The building page on the wiki [1] lists e.g a church, cathedral and chapel. > But what is the structural difference between a church and a cathedral > ? I always thought a cathedral is where a bishop leads the messes (or > somet

[Tagging] Questions on building-tag

2017-12-16 Thread Marc Gemis
People often say that in OSM a building refers to the typology and not to the function. I am happy with this definition, but have some questions on the topic. The building page on the wiki [1] lists e.g a church, cathedral and chapel. But what is the structural difference between a church and a ca