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A disused building formally used as building=greenhouse is nowadays used as a shelter or garage to store caravans or alike. Original tagged as building=greenhouse landuse=greenhouse_horticultural. Whats the best choice or has anyone used a tag like it ? ; building=warehouse landuse=industrial or landuse=commercial or a combination of building=greenhouse with landuse=greenhouse_commercial ? |
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In general use the original purpose of the building in the building tag: when a building is designed for a given role this tends to significantly affect the design. So I would retain This issue often presents itself with disused churches. These will clearly be seen to be church buildings long after their religious usage has ceased; and their use can be diverse: residential accommodation, pubs, offices. Other examples are old warehouses, mills & cinemas. |
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You could use a lifecycle prefix to describe the former building tag: I even would tend to keep the The landuse tags should be on the land which is used for some purpose… usually bigger than the building. |
I don't think that it makes sense to tag "this used to be this and that and that" - just tag what's on the ground:
building=warehouseseems entirely appropriate.