On 23/07/18 07:22, Andrew Hain wrote:
I will admit to having stuck to building=house in Britain and letting
the geometry of the way identify the configuration.
+1
For a row of houses .. ie terrace houses there is
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dterrace
I disagree with the suggesting if they are individually mapped they
should be tagged building=house, they are still a terrace so
building=terrace is still appropriate and more detailed.
--
Andrew
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*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
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