On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 21:54:39 +1000 Warin <[email protected]> wrote:
> For example a demolished building .. may have a new building built on > the same spot .. with the same outline. > Leave the node data in OSM, change the tag building=yes to > building=demolished (may not be rendered nor official OSM tagging) > add a note as to who/why .. > and then if rebuilt change the tag back to building=yes... with a > source tag please. > If the site has a different shaped building then the nodes will have > to be changed, or the site gets used for something else .. then > change it. But untill then leave the old data there. This is a bad idea. Maybe [note=this building is demolished] to protect against mapping from outdated aerial images may be OK. But expecting data consumers displaying buildings to filter out building=demolished, building=razed, building=proposed etc etc is a really bad idea. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
