I think of the word "flat" as being distinctly British. I have only rarely heard the word "flat" used to describe and apartment in the U.S. When I first glanced at the beginning of this thread I thought the OP was referring to flats of flowers. LOL
Cheers, Dave On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Steve Doerr <doerr.step...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 02/01/2014 13:55, Philip Barnes wrote: > >> Hi Nounours >> I know its an American, not an English word, but tourism=apartment has >> 237 uses. >> >> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/tourism=apartment >> >> I agree flat should be the correct term, but maybe too late to change >> now. >> >> >> > Actually, I was just thinking that we (Brits) tend to use the word > 'apartment' rather than 'flat' when talking about holiday lets. > Inconsistent, I know! > > -- > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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