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Meta Is there room for a long list of types of buildings and facilities in a city or country?

I do not think this list belongs on Codidact. I am not opposed to asking on Codidact if such a list exists, though. Sam Carter suggested looking at OpenStreetMap, a suggestion I endorse. You could...

posted 3mo ago by Michael‭ · edited 3mo ago by Michael‭

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Michael‭ · 2024-09-04T17:30:39Z (3 months ago)
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I do not think this list belongs on Codidact. I am not opposed to asking on Codidact if such a list _exists,_ though.
Sam Carter [suggested][sam] looking at [OpenStreetMap][osm], a suggestion I endorse. You could look at [their wiki][wiki] for tags like [`building=*`][building], [`man_made=*`][manmade], and so on. For a tighter list of interesting things which may occupy those buildings, I suggest looking at the [Name Suggestion Index][nsi], which is associated with OSM.
[osm]: https://openstreetmap.org
[wiki]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org
[nsi]: https://nsi.guide
[manmade]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:man_made
[building]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building
~~[sam]: https://proposals.codidact.com/comments/thread/10081~~

I do not think this list belongs on Codidact. I am not opposed to asking on Codidact if such a list _exists,_ though.
Sam Carter [suggested][sam] looking at [OpenStreetMap][osm], a suggestion I endorse. You could look at [their wiki][wiki] for tags like [`building=*`][building], [`man_made=*`][manmade], and so on. For a tighter list of interesting things which may occupy those buildings, I suggest looking at the [Name Suggestion Index][nsi], which is associated with OSM.
If you're extremely meticulous, you can investigate [the preset data][id] for OSM's online editor.
[osm]: https://openstreetmap.org
[wiki]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org
[nsi]: https://nsi.guide
[manmade]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:man_made
[building]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building
[sam]: https://proposals.codidact.com/comments/thread/10081
[id]: https://github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema/tree/main/data/presets

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Michael‭ · 2024-09-04T17:16:50Z (3 months ago)

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I do not think this list belongs on Codidact. I am not opposed to asking on Codidact if such a list _exists,_ though.

Sam Carter [suggested][sam] looking at [OpenStreetMap][osm], a suggestion I endorse. You could look at [their wiki][wiki] for tags like [`building=*`][building], [`man_made=*`][manmade], and so on. For a tighter list of interesting things which may occupy those buildings, I suggest looking at the [Name Suggestion Index][nsi], which is associated with OSM.

[osm]: https://openstreetmap.org
[wiki]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org
[nsi]: https://nsi.guide
[manmade]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:man_made
[building]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building
[sam]: https://proposals.codidact.com/comments/thread/10081

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