Yes, buildings are a good example of a feature that can be disused or even abandoned, but remain a building=house or building=barn.
I've recreated the pages. Please check them and make or suggest any improvements needed: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:disused=yes https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:abandoned=yes On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 9:07 PM Paul Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 07:24, Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> I see that there was just a mention added that landuse=quarry plus >> disused=yes might be more sensible than disused:landuse=quarry. > > > It applies to more than just quarries. The problem is that the namespaced > version, when > applied to physical objects, renders them invisible (on standard carto). > > It's fine with usages. I've mapped pubs that have recently closed and it is > uncertain if they > will re-open as a pub, re-open as something else, be turned into a residence > or the > building itself become disused. I've been tagging them as disused:amenity=pub > Some people with what I view as an over-strict interpretation of rules may > say that's > mapping the history of the thing and OSM doesn't map history, but I ignore > them. > > However, there are several buildings in my town that are clearly disused. > Peeling paintwork, > broken windows, no sign of activity for many years. If I use > disused:building=yes they > vanish from the map but they're observable in reality, which means the map > doesn't > show something that is physically present. Using disused=yes is a way around > this. > Call it tagging for the renderer if you want, but it's not lying for the > renderer. > > So I'd argue these are not obsolete, should get their pages back, and both > their pages and > the namespaced equivalents should get a brief note saying in which situation > the namespaced > version may or may not be preferred. > > -- > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
