Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-08 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/8 Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net: At 2010-09-07 20:28, John F. Eldredge wrote: Other arrangements are common as well, such as duplexes (buildings holding two households); the same property owner owns both halves of the building, and the land underneath both; he or she may live

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-08 Thread Erik Johansson
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net wrote: At 2010-09-04 09:12, Erik Johansson wrote: I would like to tag areas with apartment buildings, and small houses for a  single family differently, at the moment I tag all of them with  landuse=residential. I need

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-08 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/8 Erik Johansson erjo...@gmail.com: But wikipedia is very vague on this subject so I think it's pretty hard to be able to get good terminology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_building_types#Residential_Buildings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_tenure have a look here:

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-08 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-08 01:37, Erik Johansson wrote: On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net wrote: At 2010-09-04 09:12, Erik Johansson wrote: I would like to tag areas with apartment buildings, and small houses for a single family differently, at the moment I tag all

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-08 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-08 02:13, =?UTF-8?Q?M=E2=88=A1rtin_Koppenhoefer?= wrote: ... mobile home probably is, but I don't know what sense there is to tag it, as it has no place (it is mobile). I'm not talking about RVs/trailers/campers - I'm talking about housing that is built in 2 or 3 pieces, trucked to

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-08 Thread Alan Mintz
I wrote: ... type=site + site=housing + housing={house|apartment|condominium|mobile_home|public_housing} ^^^ This should be housing_type, not housing. -- Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net ___ Tagging mailing list

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-08 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-08 05:14, Eric Jarvies wrote: or dwelling_type I chose housing because it is the commonly-used term to describe the business of building and selling residences. Also, it seems like a word more likely to be understood (not to mention pronounced :) ) by non-native English-speakers.

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-08 Thread John F. Eldredge
=single family houses/apartments From :mailto:dieterdre...@gmail.com Date :Wed Sep 08 04:13:30 America/Chicago 2010 2010/9/8 Erik Johansson erjo...@gmail.com: But wikipedia is very vague on this subject so I think it's pretty hard to be able to get good terminology. http://en.wikipedia.org

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-08 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/8 Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net: above. Seems like these should be drawn as residential buildings and then add POIs for the shops. Of course that's a way to tag them (and it is already done widely in Europe), but when talking about typology they could merit their own type-tag.

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-08 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/8 John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com: One point of clarification: mobile home, in US usage, refers to a prefabricated structure that, while it can be towed by a large truck, is too large to be towed by an ordinary car or most (perhaps all) pickup trucks.   Many of them are mobile

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-04 09:12, Erik Johansson wrote: I would like to tag areas with apartment buildings, and small houses for a single family differently, at the moment I tag all of them with landuse=residential. I need good terminology in english to tag them. I've taken a slightly different approach.

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/8 Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net: At 2010-09-04 09:12, Erik Johansson wrote: I've taken a slightly different approach. I use landuse=residential to outline the entire related area. I then add that way to a relation with role=boundary. I add the various buildings, roads leading

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-07 17:51, =?UTF-8?Q?M=E2=88=A1rtin_Koppenhoefer?= wrote: 2010/9/8 Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net: At 2010-09-04 09:12, Erik Johansson wrote: I've taken a slightly different approach. I use landuse=residential to outline the entire related area. I then add that way to a

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread John F. Eldredge
--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments From :mailto:alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net Date :Tue Sep 07 22:07:45 America/Chicago 2010 At 2010-09-07 17:51, =?UTF-8?Q?M=E2=88=A1rtin_Koppenhoefer?= wrote: 2010/9/8 Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net: At 2010-09-04 09:12

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-07 20:28, John F. Eldredge wrote: Other arrangements are common as well, such as duplexes (buildings holding two households); the same property owner owns both halves of the building, and the land underneath both; he or she may live in one half and rent out the other half, or may

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Eric Jarvies
=single family houses/apartments From :mailto:alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net Date :Tue Sep 07 22:07:45 America/Chicago 2010 At 2010-09-07 17:51, =?UTF-8?Q?M=E2=88=A1rtin_Koppenhoefer?= wrote: 2010/9/8 Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net: At 2010-09-04 09:12, Erik Johansson wrote: I've

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Eric Jarvies
common convention for classifying construction types? Eric Jarvies ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments From :mailto:e...@csl.com.mx Date :Tue Sep 07 23:03:41 America/Chicago 2010 housing:house/apartment/condominium/mobile_home

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-05 Thread Willi
On 04.09.2010 18:12, Erik Johansson wrote: Hi I would like to tag areas with apartment buildings, and small houses for a single family differently, at the moment I tag all of them with landuse=residential. I need good terminology in english to tag them. This is from swedish wikipedia:

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-05 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
M?rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: And AFAIK it's not a good idea to translate every value like you do it here. The translations/languages should only apply to names, not on classes. If your Application wants to use different languages than English, it should use a

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-05 Thread Erik Johansson
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Pierre-Alain Dorange pdora...@mac.com wrote: M?rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: And AFAIK it's not a good idea to translate every value like you do it here. The translations/languages should only apply to names, not on classes. If your

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-05 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Erik Johansson erjo...@gmail.com wrote: This is a dear subject to me, but it wasn't really want I wanted to know.. :-) I just want to know what english speakers call areas with apartment buildings/areas with villas. You might have luck looking at zoning

[Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-04 Thread Erik Johansson
Hi I would like to tag areas with apartment buildings, and small houses for a single family differently, at the moment I tag all of them with landuse=residential. I need good terminology in english to tag them. This is from swedish wikipedia:

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-04 Thread Peter Wendorff
Aside of your question: you should use : instead of . to separate language tokens from normal tagnames. And AFAIK it's not a good idea to translate every value like you do it here. The translations/languages should only apply to names, not on classes. If your Application wants to use different

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-04 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/4 Peter Wendorff wendo...@uni-paderborn.de: And AFAIK it's not a good idea to translate every value like you do it here. The translations/languages should only apply to names, not on classes. If your Application wants to use different languages than English, it should use a dictionary