Hi Lawrence, I tend to try and tag stuff with its primary purpose. If I really do think its more than one then I either split the object up (eg separate retail outlets within one building) or occasionally use a semicolon (like on bus stops to denote the multitude of route_ref's). Anything more complicated I ignore (though I may have made a note) on the basis that the low hanging fruit rule ok!
I use the note tag mostly for some piece of information I want to convey to the next person visiting the object. Cheers Andy >-----Original Message----- >From: Laurence Penney [mailto:l...@lorp.org] >Sent: 14 February 2011 9:15 PM >To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) >Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org >Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap > >Stunning work, Andy. I've recently been pointing people to Sutton Coldfield as >an example of the standard to which we Bristolians should be aspiring. > >One rambling question for now... As one maps an area in such detail, what >kind of principle do you operate when you encounter useful information that >can't yet usefully[1] go into OSM for now. The blurry lines between pub, bar, >cafe, restaurant and fast food are well-known examples, that I am often >tempted to represent using the semicolon. Buildings with multiple uses, such >as art centres with galleries, cinemas and cafe-bars, are another common >complexity for which multiple nodes feels like a hack that will cause too much >information, or at least too much text, on most renderers. And you mention >the issue of multiple floors - Bristol's new Cabot Circus shopping centre is a >scary mapping prospect on that score alone. Maybe in other words I'm asking: >how often and with what methodology do you use the 'note' key? > >- L > >[1] i.e. render, or be useful in other well-known OSM-powered services... or >at least be added without confusing simple-minded renderers that can't >handle "amenity=cafe;bar" > >On 14 Feb 2011, at 13:31, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: > >> http://blog.mappa-mercia.org/2011/02/whats-in-postcode.html >> >> Cheers >> Andy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > > >________________________________ > >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3444 - Release Date: 02/14/11 _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb