Since the English language defines a dwelling as a place where someone dwells, I suspect that the UK government is using the term to mean structures used as residences. The proposed tag, on the other hand, would classify any isolated building as an isolated_dwelling, even if it isn't a dwelling.
-- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria -----Original Message----- From: M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 16:59:57 To: osm<talk@openstreetmap.org> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Voting for place=isolated_dwelling is open 2010/5/5 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com>: - Zitierten Text anzeigen - > 2010/5/5 Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com>: >> Sub-hamlet? > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=subhamlet&meta=&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= > 9,600 hits > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22isolated+dwelling%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= > 39,900 hits btw, the UK government seems to use this term as well: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/schoolorg/faqs.cfm?id=114 __________________________________________ "Rural Schools ... What does Edubase record as the rural/urban classifications? Q : What does Edubase record as the rural/urban classifications? Edubase (www.edubase.gov.uk) records the rural/urban classifications as follows: The two Urban values are: · Urban > 10k - sparse · Urban > 10k - less sparse The six other values are classified as Rural: · Town and Fringe - sparse · Village - sparse · Hamlet and Isolated Dwelling - sparse · Town and Fringe - less sparse · Village - less sparse · Hamlet and Isolated Dwelling - less sparse" __________________________________________ cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk