oq-gem

Glossary for gem taxonomy

This Glossary is aligned with the GEM Building Taxonomy v2, support for v4 is coming soon.


It is clear that the structural material is stone, but the type of stone masonry is unknown. The build-up of the wall may be hidden, as in the case of a plastered wall, or information about it is unavailable.

ST99_Canada_Brzev_1

This is a stone masonry building, but there is a mix of technologies - street facade was built in dressed stone masonry and the other exterior wall is built using random rubble stone masonry (Halifax, Canada, S. Brzev)