Wouldn't it make much more sense to use start_date for the starting date, and completion_date for the completion date?
On March 22, 2015 10:27:00 AM CDT, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Am 22.03.2015 um 15:39 schrieb fly <lowfligh...@googlemail.com>: > > > > but how to handle buildings which where finished after two/three > centuries ? > > > start_date according to the wiki is the completion date, or the date > when the feature became active. FWIW, buildings very often get > extended, changed, even rebuild, especially those that lasted for > centuries. We don't have an exact method to store this information in > OSM (and doing it would probably go beyond our scope and methods, even > a single wall will often be of different periods). You must see > start_date as an approximate method to give some indication (I > suggest to use the oldest start date in cases where the building has > undergone several building phases, or maybe the most significant if > nothing of the oldest building can be seen) > > > cheers > Martin > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
