2014-10-03 18:14 GMT+01:00 Tom Pfeifer <t.pfei...@computer.org>: > Martin Koppenhoefer wrote on 2014-10-03 15:32: >> >> 2014-10-03 15:19 GMT+02:00 Tom Pfeifer: >> >> I feel the need for a landuse tag for governmental / administrative >> use, >> maybe in the context of further civic use. >> >> We do have office=administrative and office=government but no >> appropriate >> tag for the land they stand on. Often such buildings are surrounded by >> some land and often fenced off. >> >> not sure if office could also apply to the whole area (site) on which the >> office building stands (similar to how this is done with other amenities). > > > I'd prefer to keep the office= tag to the building, or different offices in > a building. > >> Just to be sure: when writing about "administration" you are referring >> only to the "public administration"? > > > Yes absolutely. Any commercial administration can keep the commercial > landuse. > >> Yes. I agree that the current practise of using "commercial" for all kinds >> of offices seems a bit strange, at least from a German point of view. I am >> not sure if the term "commercial landuse" is understood differently in >> English speaking countries. E.g. >> they do call their centres "commercial district" and "central business >> district" while in other cultures there might be a less business related >> term in use to articulate high density with mixed usage, but not focused on >> business (because there are also >> other features located typically, like theatres, museums and other culture >> related facilities). >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_district >> >> I see the introduction of a new, more specific key positive, e.g. >> landuse=public_administration > > +1
I would have suggested landuse=civic. Looking at taginfo, I don't see it in use, though there is a small number of landuse=civil already. (Plus other stuff of course.......) Dan _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
