I went and updated the wiki a little bit. I added details to the building=house <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dhouse> and building=detached <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Ddetached> pages. I also made a page for the building=semidetached_house <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dsemidetached_house>, when writing that page I found that the building=semi <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dsemi> tag already had a page, and even talks about the semidatached_house tag, which has about three times as many uses. I think everyone in this thread might be interested in looking over the changes I made, and maybe even adding to them as the pages are still pretty sparse on detail.
Jgon6 On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 2:39 PM Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> wrote: > > > On 26 July 2018 19:47:11 CEST, Sebastian <sebastian.spi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >Thanks for this explanation. Detached sounds very strange to me. > >Terrace house evokes in me the feeling of rice terraces or something > >with a > >distinct height difference between them. > Terrace is a very common term and housing style in the UK, well England > and Wales. It is usually used to refer to terraced houses built in the 19th > and early 20th centuries. > > > >In Australia houses that share one or more walls with the next house > >(can > >be one or both sides) are called town houses. > Interestingly this is the estate agent term used to describe modern > terraced houses. > > Phil (trigpoint) > > > > > >In Germany it's called 'Reihenhaus'. > > > >On 23 July 2018 at 00:27, Tom Pfeifer <t.pfei...@computer.org> wrote: > > > >> 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 > >> > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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