I don't disagree Roy. I still argue that the land use isn't wholly residential and that these peri-urban areas are a distinct land use.
The other alternative is another tag to help (those who want to) distinguish between types of landuse? On 17 June 2010 13:54, Roy Wallace <waldo000...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:07 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On 17 June 2010 10:39, Craig Feuerherdt <craigfeuerhe...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I am facing the same issue in Bendigo. I have been considering > suggesting a > >> landuse=rural_residential tag. AS you state, these blocks are too small > for > > > > Aren't they commonly known as hobby farms if you have a few animals > > for tax purposes? > > IMHO landuse=* shouldn't map discrete "things" (like hobby farms, or A > rural residential block of land), it's meant to map "use". What is the > land *used* for? Stephen said himself that the land is "used only as > residences", so landuse=residential. If Stephen said the land was > "used for hobby farming", then landuse=hobby_farming -- But that's not > what Stephen said. >
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