On 10/01/2016 2:14 PM, John Willis wrote:
On Jan 10, 2016, at 8:01 AM, Matthijs Melissen <[email protected]> wrote:
To me it is not clear that this is a solution, as the definition of
building=public is equally vague. Is a prison a public building? A
band stand? A theatre? A bus depot?
A building operated by a government agency or by a private operator for the "public use"
or "public good" is my take.
But we chop this up.
Museums.
City Halls
Community Centers.
Sports centres
Stadiums and arenas
Etc.
So having a generic definition where we all ready have more specific ones leads
to catch-all - so some people throw everything in.
Building=civic also exists, but has no accompanying land use (yet) for the vast amount of
"civic administrative" centers and offices.
If we further define these common "public" building types - true government
stuff like tax and pension and immigration and other almost purely governmental
facilities - not only do we get more detailed building definitions, but a landuse or two
to accurately map the complexes they invariably are part of in first world nations.
This lack of good building sets and missing landuse has, in my opinion, made
most government and public offices/facilities unmappable in the current methods
used by commercial/residential/industrial buildings and their complexes.
Getting public/civic/whatever decided and fully fleshed out and a proper landuse(s) to go
with it will really help bring them up to "first class citizens" - and help
make a single process (landuse/building sets) work everywhere.
When I first started - trying to map a train station in the same way as a
factory or apartment complex completely flummoxed me. There were totally
different rules for mapping the land and the station and everything.
This is the same for civic office buildings - and since my mapping area (Japan)
is heavily coated with government complex after government complex - being able
to map them (and their functions) properly and in a consistent way to the other
buildings would be appreciated.
To me an office building could be used for any administrative work.
Government department sections here change locations - the education department
human resources can move to another location ... even swap with another section.
So the building and its land use remains the same. If the office key is used
then that can indicate the change.. except that office=government sub key
government is severely limited...
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