On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 9:11 PM, "Marc Schütz" <schue...@gmx.net> wrote: >> > Since they're buildings wouldn't using a building=* tag be more >> > accurate in describing them? >> >> Sure, they're buildings - but that just means a building tag should be >> used *in addition to* tags giving more details. > > Not necessarily. If you only want to express the building type, > building=garage(s) is sufficient. This usage is already described in the > original building proposal: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Building
Sure, if you *only* want to express the building type. If you also want to express usage: "See also... amenity= - (to describe what the building is used for for example school, theatre, bank, ...)" (source: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Building) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
