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 in one half and rent out >> the other half, or may rent out both halves. > > Yup. You'd think I'd have not missed that one, having grown up in a duplex. > :) > > It seems, really, that this is a special case of a house, since people do > the same with their houses (rent out part). Or maybe it's an apartment > building (with only two units). My limited experience is that they are built > more like houses/townhomes. I wouldn't be averse to adding > housing_type=duplex for these. Are there tri-, quad-, etc. plexes?
It is a own case (duplex), there are also triplex (but they are rare and might be considered a special case). I'm not familiar with the housing typology in the US but I'd expect terraced houses to exist as well, e.g. in San Francisco. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
