I will admit to having stuck to building=house in Britain and letting the geometry of the way identify the configuration.
-- Andrew ________________________________ From: Tom Pfeifer <t.pfei...@computer.org> Sent: 22 July 2018 21:27:30 To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools Subject: Re: [Tagging] building = house vs detached. Probably the reason can be explained etymologically. In the UK, terraced houses (AmE row houses) are very common, so those lucky enough to hear less noise from their neighbours emphasize that by owning a 'detached' (not attached to a terrace) or 'semi-detached' (two houses sharing a wall) building. The detached/semi-detached also allow outdoor access to the back garden, so the 'end-of-terrace' house is marketed with a similar advantage. In countries where terraced houses are less common, there is less need to emphasize that the house is free-standing. Also, 'house' is easier to understand for a non-native speaker than 'detached'. tom On 22.07.2018 20:56, Mike H wrote: > The definitions of building=house and building=detached on the wiki are very > similar and don't seem > to have any meaningful difference. > > I've seen people say that house is meant for rowhouses, and detached should > be for > stand-alone houses, but there is no documentation that explains that. If that > is the intended > meanings of the tags, then the wiki pages need some work. > > As far as how I've seen things actually mapped, I've only ever seen the > building=house tag. Taginfo > shows 1.2 million uses of detached, and 27.2 million uses of building=house, > so they are both used > quite a bit, but house is used a lot more. > > Can anyone elaborate on these tags, or have ideas on how they could be better > written about? > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dhouse > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Ddetached _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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