On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 9:21 AM Warin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 27/09/18 00:48, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > > > building tag is supposed to contain how building is constructed. For example > hotel in > a church is building=church (with hotel tagged as usual). > > Former hotel building used as a warehouse is building=hotel. > > > That was the intention. But many mappers are mapping the function of the > building, not the appearance/architecture. > > e.g. building=parking, office, commercial, apartments, ... all functional > rather than architecture. > The appearance of these vary widely so mappers tend to identify the use > rather than the appearance. >
I was once told that it's not only the outside that counts, but also the inside. It can be very difficult to distinguish an office building, a hotel, an apartment building, a school or university building by just looking at the outside. I'm thinking here of a high block with a lots of window in a row/column pattern on the long sides. So if we have to take the inside (or whole structure) into account, what is the building type when the outside and the inside tell something different ? Apartments in a church, a fast-food restaurant behind the facade of a rich merchant's house from 1600, etc. ? On the outside it might be clearly a church, but once inside you might no longer see it used to be a church. Is the building a church or an apartment building ? If the original purpose counts, will you always be able to determine it without consulting the original building plans ? regards m. p.s. I'm honestly only looking for answers. I'm fine with your definition, I just don't know what to pick in some cases _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
