I’m thinking that all of the seaway tags should be on the new light only?
But should the old structure be a lighthouse, or a disused lighthouse?
Tag:man_made=lighthouse - OpenStreetMap Wiki says that it “is used to identify a lighthouse or former lighthouse”, which suggests that lighthouses are always lighthouses, regardless of whether they are still operating or not?
Yes, man_made=lighthouse indicates that that feature was built as a lighthouse. As you can see from the wiki, the sertion Re-purposed and multi-purpose lighthouse buildings states that if it is no longer used as a lighthouse it can be tagged with a tourism tag (generally tourism=viewpoint or tourism=attraction). If you are unsure if it can be considered a touristic point, don’t add that tag. The man_made=lighthouse tagging itself is good enough to provide the necessary information, but I’d add the suggested tag in the Building properties section.
I don’t see any such recommendation on this wiki page. It says despite building=lighthouse being more specific than “yes”, the latter is frequently used, and that not every man_mafe=lighthouse is also a building.
I interpreted “A lighthouse building - note that it is distinct from marking active light which is using man_made=lighthouse” as meaning that this is used for no-longer-operating lighthouses?
I interpreted “A lighthouse building - note that it is distinct from marking active light which is using man_made=lighthouse” as meaning that this is used for no-longer-operating lighthouses?
to me this reads as add both tags if it is active and remove man_made when it isn’t any more.
So man_made=, building=, & seamark= on active, then change to disused:man_made=, still keep building=, but remove all the seamark= when the light closes down?
