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 only exception being hut, other non-purpose values from the first page are in fact non-buildings (roof).
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 4:01 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > it is a long standing definition in the wiki (almost from the beginning of > the building tag) and it is still there: > "Buildings can simply be building=yes or use a value that describes the > building typology, for example building=house, building=hut, > building=garage, building=school. See building=* for a more complete list of > options and have a look at what is actually used. " > > it is clear that in a project like OSM and with a key that is used millions > of times, there will also be some outliners, but I don't think the best way > is to encourage ignoring the standing definition. If you need a key for the > function in a building (i.e. the current purpose), invent a different tag > (although usually you already have this covered with amenity, man_made > etc.). _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
