building tag is supposed to contain how building is constructed. For example
hotel ina church is building=church (with hotel tagged as usual).
Former hotel building used as a warehouse is building=hotel.
25. Sep 2018 02:54 by jo...@mac.com <mailto:jo...@mac.com>:
> the buildings look like a hotel (or was perhaps a hotel in the past) - but if
> it is just a restaurant now, then it is building=retail.
> If it is a place where you can rent a private room to sleep, it is a
> building=hotel with a commercial landuse, a pin for the hotel, and another
> pin for the restaurant (the lobby restaurant in hotels is usually a separate
> mappable place, as it’s purpose, operating hours, and access to the general
> public is different than the hotel itself.
> (...)
>
> the building=* tag helps define the rough purpose fo the building - but not
> the exact purpose. The pin or other tags on the building do that. And that
> building looks like it wants to sell food to tourists.
>
>
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