On 30 May 2015 at 02:01, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 30/05/2015 9:40 AM, pmailkeey . wrote: > > > > On 29 May 2015 at 13:06, Daniel Koć <daniel@koć.pl> wrote: > >> W dniu 29.05.2015 13:47, pmailkeey . napisał(a): >> >>> On 29 May 2015 at 12:42, Daniel Koć <daniel@koć.pl> wrote: >>> >>> W dniu 29.05.2015 13:34, John Willis napisał(a): >>>> >>>> I know there is a way to tag what the building as to what it was >>>>> initially used for - but i don't think that is the proper way >>>>> (afaik). >>>>> >>>> >>>> So what do you think about building=church + amenity=museum then? >>>> >>>> I think we need some clear, general rules. Current system is >>>> horrible in this matter, but I'd like it to be at least a bit >>>> coherent. >>>> >>> >>> building=museum. >>> >>> A museum is no more an amenity than a house is. >>> >> >> So why do we use building=church + amenity=place_of_worship? >> >> If we tag the building with its function (and not the shape), we already >> know that this is a place of worship. >> >> > A 'church' should be building=place_of_worship - the building where the > church congregates - if you want to be accurate about it. Quite a few > churches meet in other buildings built for other purposes. > > > But not all 'place_of_worship' are buildings. >
Not an issue. > > A church has a particular style, as does a mosque. Both are > 'place_of_worship' but the buildings are different. > Use of appropriate subtags - as is done ? > > If museums are not an amenity but building? Are all mappable 'museums' > buildings? I don't know. > building=museum attraction=museum (can be used for indoor or outdoor museums.) > > ----------------------------- > To me the confusion arises out of mapping what is on the ground (e.g. > buildings) compared to the function (e.g. 'place_of_worship'). > Mapping is doing both. Shows there's a building and identifies its function. building=museum does both and is an good example of efficient tagging. (as opposed to building=yes + museum=yes) but building=museum + museum=industrial is less efficient but more informative. > > > Perhaps that should be identified on the wiki .. with a similar prominence > as the 'status' property? > > --------------------------------------------- > man_made=works .. makes no sense as a tag as I don't know what to expect > on the ground nor as a function. ... building=industrial is much better. > > > Agreed. We're in a 'nightmare' of trying to create flexible tags and precision. OSM is a nightmare^5 it's difficult to see that issues are resolvable other than by unacceptable compromise. -- Mike. @millomweb <https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *the area's premier website - * *currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets* T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
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