Talk:Tag:building=tower

This tag is not "approved"

Wiki page of man_made=tower says building=tower is not approved: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dtower#Not_approved_tagging I think this should be displayed on this page some way. Maybe deprecation or a similar warning? --Infeeeee (talk) 10:19, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

This tags means related, but different things. building=tower means "a building in form of tower". Dropping this tag causes information loss. Something B (talk) 11:48, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Most of the other building=* values are the usage of the building, not its shape. Skyscrapers should be tagged as building=tower? There are ~5000 building=tower, ~3000 of them also have the man_made=tower tag, so I think it's not as straightforward, the meaning and recommended usage of this tag is ambiguous. The example image, a bell tower, it can be tagged man_made=tower, tower:type=bell_tower. Bell tower wiki even uses the same image as this page... --Infeeeee (talk) 12:31, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Bell tower still building, therfore should be marked with building=*. Of course, it is possible to use (building=bell_tower OR building=tower) AND man_made=tower AND tower:type=bell_tower . Something B (talk) 21:26, 9 May 2024 (UTC)