On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 9:51 PM Jmapb <jm...@gmx.com> wrote: > > I know that in the USA, it's very common to see detached houses tagged > as building=house, and there have been lots of mappers and imports of > house footprints using this tag. Possibly related to the fact that the > term "detached" is not used very much in the USA, so building=house is a > much more natural tag to most Americans' ears. >
In the US detached may also be inferred as an accessory dwelling unit, such as what is often called a "Mother-in-law" unit. Around me they are legally called Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) [1]. I typically have been tagging single family houses as building=house. I realize it that they should be building=detached, but so many residential homes in the US are tagged as building=house. [1] https://www.seattle.gov/dpd/permits/commonprojects/motherinlawunits/default.htm -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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