In the US, governments/zoning call that "mixed use" housing. Apparently in the UK too?
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Talk:Map_Features#Mixed_Use.3F Adding a mixed-use tag seems a no-brainer to me. Maybe it's worth a vote? On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Eric Ladner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah.. ok. One of those complicated situations.. :) I'd say the > residents win because there's more floors of them than shops. But > still, it's more interesting to know about shops on a map than > residents (if you're using the map to locate something). > > your call.. > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Niklas Cholmkvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If the shop is on the first floor, and the 2nd and 3rd floor are occupied by >> residents. How would you tag it? >> >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Eric Ladner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> shouldn't land areas containing shops be marked as landuse:retail? >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Niklas Cholmkvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> > Hi, >>> > I mark residential areas (even those containing shops) as key:landuse >>> > value:residential. If it is a building, would you recommend to add >>> > key:building value:yes , or should I just let it be landuse=residential? >>> > So far I've added most of the residential areas without building=yes. >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > newbies mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Eric Ladner >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> newbies mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> newbies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies >> >> > > > > -- > Eric Ladner > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies

