Re: [talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-10 Thread Steve Bennett
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Daniel O'Connor daniel.ocon...@gmail.comwrote: I started out with buildings, but got a bit excited in my local area; getting down into trees, power lines, fences, driveways etc. http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-34.84928/138.52277 Not super pretty

Re: [talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-10 Thread mick
On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 20:41:29 +1100 Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Daniel O'Connor daniel.ocon...@gmail.comwrote: I started out with buildings, but got a bit excited in my local area; getting down into trees, power lines, fences, driveways etc.

Re: [talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-07 Thread Ross Scanlon
On 07/12/13 17:34, Will Rouesnel wrote: Ok this is what I got from a brief walk around the neighborhood with OSMPad on my phone: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2569340857#map=17/-33.82359/151.25009layers=ND The addresses line up to the post-box / domestic entrances where possible - my

Re: [talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-07 Thread Ross Scanlon
On 07/12/13 17:34, Will Rouesnel wrote: Ok this is what I got from a brief walk around the neighborhood with OSMPad on my phone: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2569340857#map=17/-33.82359/151.25009layers=ND Looks pretty good. I'd add addr:suburb=Balmoral or where ever I also always add:

Re: [talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-07 Thread Will Rouesnel
I suspected I was ignoring a really obvious tag. Guess I'll see how far my feet can take me for a while - thanks for the advice all. On Sat 07 Dec 2013 20:15:55 EST, Ross Scanlon wrote: On 07/12/13 17:34, Will Rouesnel wrote: Ok this is what I got from a brief walk around the neighborhood with

Re: [talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-06 Thread Will Rouesnel
I'm still a little confused about the separate node model (which seems to make more sense to me, in so far as it resolves better for dealing with some large areas like farms). But where should the node go? Referring to here

Re: [talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-06 Thread Ross Scanlon
But where should the node go? Referring to here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_feature/associatedAddress it seems like the address node should be inside an area assocated with the object it assigns an address to, but in the case of parcels of land/buildings this wouldn't be the

Re: [talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-06 Thread Will Rouesnel
Ok this is what I got from a brief walk around the neighborhood with OSMPad on my phone: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2569340857#map=17/-33.82359/151.25009layers=ND The addresses line up to the post-box / domestic entrances where possible - my motivation here is to get places I travel to

[talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-05 Thread Will Rouesnel
A simple example starting with my own house - how should residential buildings be tagged? The block they sit on is more of a land use concern, but the specific buildings don't occupy the entire block - and seem like they should be tagged house. Is this a correct way to go about things? The goal

Re: [talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-05 Thread Paul Norman
From: Will Rouesnel [mailto:w.roues...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 1:34 AM To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org Subject: [talk-au] Adding residential properties? A simple example starting with my own house - how should residential buildings be tagged? The block they sit

Re: [talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-05 Thread Daniel O'Connor
@openstreetmap.org Subject: [talk-au] Adding residential properties? A simple example starting with my own house - how should residential buildings be tagged? The block they sit on is more of a land use concern, but the specific buildings don't occupy the entire block - and seem like they should

Re: [talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-05 Thread Ross Scanlon
I'd suggest you read these wiki pages: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Address My personal opinion is that the address should be on a separate node at the entrance to the property. This is preferred for disability access programs. It also

Re: [talk-au] Adding residential properties?

2013-12-05 Thread Alex Sims
Hi Will, I’ve been mapping the building outlines and tagging the feature appropriately, e.g. house and then adding address data to each building. I’ve also added in a smaller area the boundary fences or walls. There is I understand, two competing models for recording addresses, one where the