Could you please move this discussion to the tagging list? On Thu, Jun 4, 2015, at 16:57, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > > > > Am 04.06.2015 um 01:48 schrieb pmailkeey . <pmailk...@googlemail.com>: > > > > > > A value of residential here seems to need a key to identify whether it > > relates to a building or landuse. > > > there is also highway=residential > > > > > However, you suggest building=residential as possibly being redundant. In > > fact, I'd turn this on its head and make landuse=residential (with the > > exception of moles) redundant. > > > > building=residential is bad tagging IMHO as it adds only rough > information not going beyond what landuse already tells, typically people > will use more specific values like apartments, house / detached, villa > etc (if they specify more than yes) > I can't deny there are quite some of them nonetheless: > > http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/building#values > > > > The only residential landuse is directly under a building but by using > > landuse=residential, such areas cover gardens and highways - which are > > clearly not residences. > > > I agree for highways but gardens, terraces, garages etc are normally part > of the residence, even if you don't sleep there... > > > Cheers > Martin > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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