OSM is influenced by the maps its contributors see and are used to. In Britain that includes names of isolated farms on Ordnance Survey maps.
-- Andrew ________________________________ From: Dave F <davefoxfa...@btinternet.com> Sent: 17 January 2017 23:00:37 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Named landuse polygons Please be aware this is the talk-GB forum. Use of place=farm in Britain is almost certainly misguided. If anyone knows of an appropriate location please post here. It's not use of the tag itself that's the problem, it's contributor's misinterpretation of it. DaveF On 17/01/2017 21:52, Warin wrote: > On 18-Jan-17 07:27 AM, Dave F wrote: >> >> On 17/01/2017 19:38, Warin wrote: >> >>> Generally I add a node place=farm as I am not certain where the >>> boundary lies >> >> This is a misuse of this tag. place=farm is for the rare (non >> existent?) cases where a residential community, such as a hamlet, has >> acquired the name of an adjacent farm. "a place named by a name of a >> farm" - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Farm >> >> The description for >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dfarm is poorly written >> & confusing. >> >> If mapping just the sheds/farmhouse etc of a farm, landuse=farmyard >> should be used. >> >> It was discussed previously: >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2016-September/019181.html >> >> >> DaveF > > In Australia .. place=farm is appropriate. > The next farm may be 250 miles away, as such it usually has facilities > for seasonal workers (say 20 people), machinery maintenance, air > strip, ... etc. > They are substantial places that are important in a mapping and social > sense. > Most still have the name painted on the roof to assist aerial navigation. > > Remember that OSM is world wide, you can define things locally .. but > they won't fit everywhere, hence the OSMwiki fuzziness. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
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