On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.ke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Property lines also define the bounds of public areas like parks, > schoolyards, cemeteries, and airfields, which surely do belong in OSM. They > aren't infallible, but they are often more precise than guessing from > orthophotos. This has to be considered intermediate to advanced mapping, > since these features typically result from combining multiple lots, which > are often still separate in the tax rolls. Moreover, use of the property by > multiple agencies may have multiple land uses for a single tax parcel. > Still, it's a pretty good starting point. Even the fact that the tax rolls > identify a parcel as belonging to a government agency is an indication that > there is likely to be a mappable feature there. Kevin, Thanks for pointing out my lapse. You are correct. I've used parcel boundaries for parks a number of time. Clifford -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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