Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-20 Thread Rene
Thanks for explaining Martin! I will take a closer look at this information next week. Thanks again! Regards, Rene 2017-04-15 13:40 GMT+02:00 Rene >: 1. Am I allowed to add such a key? you can add a proposal for any kind of feature and definition. You can add ot

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-19 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2017-04-15 13:40 GMT+02:00 Rene : > 1. Am I allowed to add such a key? > you can add a proposal for any kind of feature and definition. You can add other content including in use tags to document current usage. A handful of objects tagged with a certain tag probably will be better documented as

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-15 Thread Dave Swarthout
There was a small photo of a quonset hut in Wikimedia already but I added mine to it. The photo is at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quonset_hut_-_Adak_Island.jpg On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 7:40 AM, Rene wrote: > I like to make an extra building key in the key:building wiki but I got a >

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-15 Thread Rene
I like to make an extra building key in the key:building wiki but I got a few questions: 1. Am I allowed to add such a key? 2. How does it work? I've never done this before so help is very much appreciated. 3. Maybe the most important question, which value is it gonna be? Quonset_hut, romney_h

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-14 Thread Warin
Forest Airport has a hanger that is a very large nissan hut .. at least as I understand it. Before 1931. http://www.forrestairport.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Hercules-off-to-Perth1.jpg Some history http://www.forrestairport.com.au/about-us/history/ On 15-Apr-17 12:19 PM, Dave Swarthout

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-14 Thread Dave Swarthout
I have a picture of a quonset hut that is still standing out on Adak Island. It was put there during WWII AFAIK. I will try to put it on Wikimedia tomorrow if anybody is interested. On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Rene wrote: > First of all, thanks for this discussion guys! > > In addition to M

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-13 Thread Rene
First of all, thanks for this discussion guys! In addition to Martin I think Wolfgang has the best way to tag a building and what's inside of it. So let's assume you want to tag a very cheap restaurant inside an old Quonset hut the tags will be: amenity=restaurant, building=quonset_hut and fo

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-13 Thread Wolfgang Zenker
* Michał Brzozowski [170413 16:41]: > I don't see how going from "typology" you conclude it's strictly about > form. Typology is about types, not saying with respect to what. > When you look at top building values in Taginfo, it's clear to me > these state purpose (house, residential, garage, apar

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2017-04-13 16:30 GMT+02:00 althio : > I would have started with: > building=prefabricated > prefabricated=quonset/nissen/... > I think "prefabricated" could be an additional property (not necessarily for quonset huts, where it is implicit, but for other kind of buildings that can be prefabricate

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-13 Thread Michał Brzozowski
I don't see how going from "typology" you conclude it's strictly about form. Typology is about types, not saying with respect to what. When you look at top building values in Taginfo, it's clear to me these state purpose (house, residential, garage, apartments, industrial, school and so on), with o

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-13 Thread althio
>> I like to know how to tag a Quonset or Nissen hut in OSM. Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > I'd make it easy: > building=quonset_hut > [...] > you can also add all the other subtags additionally, if you like, like > building:material=steel etc. I mostly agree. I would have started with: building=pr

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2017-04-13 14:52 GMT+02:00 Michał Brzozowski : > > building=* has never been about "purpose" though, it is about > architectural > > type (form, shape, function, structure, etc.). The purpose is what leads > > (amongst other criteria) to choosing an architectural type, so there is a > > link betwe

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-13 Thread Michał Brzozowski
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > building=* has never been about "purpose" though, it is about architectural > type (form, shape, function, structure, etc.). The purpose is what leads > (amongst other criteria) to choosing an architectural type, so there is a > link b

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2017-04-12 23:48 GMT+02:00 John Willis : > I know Martin and others have talked about tagging buildings that have > been repurposed - but a Quonset hut has always been a multipurpose > structure, so unless there is some building:design=Quonset scheme, I am not > sure you will have to define that i

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2017-04-12 21:47 GMT+02:00 Rene : > I like to know how to tag a Quonset or Nissen hut in OSM. I'd make it easy: building=quonset_hut it is a specific term for a specific thing, even has a wikipedia lemma in several languages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quonset_hut If you tag it as shed mad

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-12 Thread John Willis
Javbw > On Apr 13, 2017, at 4:47 AM, Rene wrote: > > descriptions (and pictures) are totally different to what a Quonset hut looks > like. Any suggestions? I would tag them as to what they are being used for. I googled the two terms, and some people use them for sheds, garages, homes, etc.

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-12 Thread Michal Fabík
On 12.4.2017 21:47, Rene wrote: Hi, I like to know how to tag a Quonset or Nissen hut in OSM. The key:building wiki does mention several possibilities like hut, shed or warehouse but all of these descriptions (and pictures) are totally different to what a Quonset hut looks like. Any suggestions?

[Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-12 Thread Rene
Hi, I like to know how to tag a Quonset or Nissen hut in OSM. The key:building wiki does mention several possibilities like hut, shed or warehouse but all of these descriptions (and pictures) are totally different to what a Quonset hut looks like. Any suggestions? Best regards, Rene --- Thi