What is a "residential area" in the iD editor? How many dwellings are
needed in what proximity to become one? Is it a physical plot of land on
which at least one person lives? Or the usual meaning of a
village/hamlet/housing estate/suburb where a number of people live?
In my patch there are lots of instances where a single house or an
isolated pair of cottages along a country road have been mapped as a
"residential area". Which seems a strange use of words to me.
See for example:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/611028880
Google streetview:
https://goo.gl/maps/yk1SNzrmRPpvZL3Y6
Perhaps it's the iD editor at fault? landuse=residential is strictly
correct, but calling it a "residential area" doesn't accord with most
folks understanding of the term.
I tend to change them to leisure=garden, access=private. When I do that,
the iD editor removes the landuse=residential tag. Should it? Should I
put it back? I also put a fence or hedge or wall around or between them
if visible on Bing, add the buildings, and a name if it's known to me or
shown on OS OpenData.
But is that the correct thing to do? If I do one, am I obliged to do all
the others nearby? Users of OSM might legitimately wonder why some
properties and residents are singled out for this treatment, and others
are not? Should we concentrate on adding detail, or aim for uniformity
of treatment?
cheers,
Martin.
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