Re: [Tagging] Questions on building-tag

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

Re: [Tagging] Questions on building-tag

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

Re: [Tagging] Questions on building-tag

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

Re: [Tagging] Questions on building-tag

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 >

Re: [Tagging] Questions on building-tag

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

[Tagging] Questions on building-tag

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