Excellent. Thanks for the advice, all. job done. Chris.
2009/9/12 David Earl <da...@frankieandshadow.com>: > On 12/09/2009 11:21, Chris Andrew wrote: >> >> Hi, all. >> >> This morning, I mapped a Manor House here in Wiltshire. I have added >> the perimeter to OSM, and marked it as a boundary. I just thought, >> maybe this sort of tag is only for official boundaries, such as >> counties. >> >> I couldn't find a more suitable tag, as the manor house is not a >> castle, and is not a tourist attraction. It's just (!) a 500 year >> Grade 1 listed building. >> >> Can anyone put me straight, as I don't want to contribute to poor >> mapping practices. > > I've typically done this as > building=... > for the building and > leisure=park > for the estate parkland that is often around the house. I guess in many > cases it would also be appropriate to mark this as access=private. > > No doubt we can argue about the value for building. I've used stately_home > for some larger examples, but I see no reason you shouldn't use manor_house > > Examples I've done (all building=stately_home): > Audley End, Essex (which is English Heritage): > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.02076&lon=0.22267&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF > Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire (NT): > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.13965&lon=-0.04982&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF > and a private one, Ryston Hall (Norfolk): > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.58454&lon=0.3989&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF > > David > > -- Reasons why you may want to try GNU/Linux: http://www.getgnulinux.org/ _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
