On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 10:40, Colin Smale <[email protected]> wrote:
> Maybe it's just me, but I really can't understand why landuse for government 
> functions needs its own tagging. The buildings are often indistinguishable 
> from commercial properties - what is different is that the occupier is some 
> statutory organisation.

It would never come to my mind to map the area where the parliament or
government meets as landuse=commercial. What kind of services should
they sell? Law? :-)

> We don't tag landuse=charity, or landuse=private, or landuse=education, so 
> why landuse=civic_admin?

Yes, i do tag landuse=education because there isn't any other land use
that fits better -- and apparently others are using it too (currently
used 489 times).

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