Slate is a natural material, quarried from sedimentary rock, they tend to be very smooth and not overlap too much. Usually found on older buildings, are rare on modern buildings unless they are in a conservative area and need to fit in. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate#/media/File%3ASt_Fagans_Tannery_7.jpg
Tiles are moulded from clay and are designed to lock together and overlap. Common on more modern buildings. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof_tiles#/media/File%3ARoof-Tile-3149.jpg Phil (trigpoint) On 10 March 2023 18:53:09 GMT, Timothy Noname <hervb...@gmail.com> wrote: >How are slate roof tiles totally different to roof tiles? >They are both manufactured to a certain size and laid in an overlapping >pattern? > >On Fri, 10 Mar 2023, 17:19 Philip Barnes, <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> wrote: > >> On Fri, 2023-03-10 at 16:01 +0000, Timothy Noname wrote: >> > Slate roof tiles >> > roof:material=slate >> > Or >> > roof:material=roof_tiles >> > >> > I admit I've used both in the past. >> >> Tiles are totally different to slates, I would never consider a slate >> to be a tile. >> >> Other than being used for roofing, they are different and easily >> identified. >> >> Phil (trigpoint) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>
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