Hi Jaako, It's an interesting point. Being from the uk, I associate terraces with something very different from what is being mapped in Damascus.... But, building=yes is misleading in this case and terrace is a much more logical description.
Be interested to hear what others think.... Pete On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Jaakko Helleranta <jaa...@helleranta.com> wrote: > Hi Pete & all, > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Pete Masters <pedrito1...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > >> some of the buildings are too difficult distinguish individually. >> However, I can see that there is a whole block of buildins. Is it ok to >> trace and tag the whole block as building=yes? > > > This is a recurring issue/challenge in many densely built areas. I've come > to think that in many cases they are often essentially local "row-houses" > as I've gotten to know them in Finland or townhouses as Americans would > call individual buildings that are attached to each other by their side > walls but have their own entrances -- and can even be totally independently > built over time, even decades. And for row-houses/townhouses there is an > existing tag: building=terrace , see > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dterrace . > > I don't remember that it would have been discussed in the context of HOT's > mapping projects if this would be a suitable tag. But I think that > especially when the buildings in question are attached by their side walls > it's really quite clear that they are, indeed, "terrace" houses. Of course > it's not often possible to be sure from imagery if the buildings are > actually attached by their side walls or if they e.g. have (narrow) > passages/paths between them, possibly under roofs. But at least > building=terrace implies that it's (likely) not a single large building. > As it can be seen from Taginfo the tag is also used already globally > covering not only Europe and North America / other more developed areas but > also other parts of the world too. > > This said, perhaps the "terrace" house tag should be included as a common > building tag in applicable HOT mapping projects? > > Cheers, > -Jaakko > > > -- > Nicaragua main mobile/WhatsApp/Telegram: +505-8131-0729, Alt. mobile > 8845-3391 > Global (Google) Voice / SMS: +1-202-730-9778 * Skype: jhelleranta > Twitter/Telegram/IRC/Mumble: @jaakkoh * My profile: > http://jaakko.helleranta.com > -- *Pete Masters* Missing Maps Project Coordinator +44 7921 781 518 missingmaps.org <http://www.missingmaps.org/> *@pedrito1414* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> *@theMissingMaps* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> *facebook.com/MissingMapsProject* <https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject>
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