Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with usage of other values than yes for key building

2015-03-12 Thread Simon Poole
Am 10.03.2015 um 21:35 schrieb Stefan Keller: Hi, I have a problem with the usage values other yes in key building. It seems to me that this any other usage of building=yes (for area type) is almost purely redundant. When looking at taginfo [1], building has following three top most key

Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with usage of other values than yes for key building

2015-03-11 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 09:35:58PM +0100, Stefan Keller wrote: Hi, I have a problem with the usage values other yes in key building. It seems to me that this any other usage of building=yes (for area type) is almost purely redundant. When looking at taginfo [1], building has following

Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with usage of other values than yes for key building

2015-03-11 Thread Andreas Vilén
I map buildings with the bulding_tools plugin and it would take considerably longer if I looked for a better tag for each building I map, and retag every tagged building=yes, so for that reason I almost never use any other value. If you want to map towns of 20-50 000 inhabitants, or larger rural

Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with usage of other values than yes for key building

2015-03-11 Thread moltonel 3x Combo
On 11/03/2015, Andreas Vilén andreas.vi...@gmail.com wrote: I map buildings with the bulding_tools plugin and it would take considerably longer if I looked for a better tag for each building I map, and retag every tagged building=yes The way I handle that is by tracing buildings by type. All

Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with usage of other values than yes for key building

2015-03-11 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-03-10 21:48 GMT+01:00 Simon Poole si...@poole.ch: I suspect the numbers are strongly biased due to building outline imports. +1 and common editor presets. In iD without expert mode / all tags the only values for the building key are yes and unknown (which will not set any key I

Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with usage of other values than yes for key building

2015-03-11 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-03-10 21:35 GMT+01:00 Stefan Keller sfkel...@gmail.com: Then, when looking at the wiki page [2] it mostly points to alternative tags, like * building=apartment = tourism=apartment the first is an apartment building, the latter a kind of accomodation * building=hotel = tourism=hotel

Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with usage of other values than yes for key building

2015-03-11 Thread Mike N
On 3/11/2015 6:37 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: nd common editor presets. In iD without expert mode / all tags the only values for the building key are yes and unknown (which will not set any key I believe), if other tags like amenity etc. are also set. No way to enter free text then. FWIW,

Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with usage of other values than yes for key building

2015-03-11 Thread moltonel 3x Combo
On 10/03/2015, Stefan Keller sfkel...@gmail.com wrote: Then, when looking at the wiki page [2] it mostly points to alternative tags, like * building=apartment = tourism=apartment * building=hotel = tourism=hotel * building=warehouse = shop=department_store (no indication to that in warehouse

[OSM-talk] Problem with usage of other values than yes for key building

2015-03-10 Thread Stefan Keller
Hi, I have a problem with the usage values other yes in key building. It seems to me that this any other usage of building=yes (for area type) is almost purely redundant. When looking at taginfo [1], building has following three top most key usages: yes 119260798 85% house 11592812 8%

Re: [OSM-talk] Problem with usage of other values than yes for key building

2015-03-10 Thread Jóhannes Birgir Jensson
Well I for one see hardly any usage of building=yes in my town Kópavogur, in fact it has a usage of only 7,25% ! No imports were made so that could explain the low value of building=yes apartments458 commercial85 construction2 garage771 garages168 house1025