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Hi,<br>
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A recent post on this list led me to investigate the tag
building=hut.<br>
<br>
I'm not entirely sure that I remember it's history within HOT, but I
believe many of us started using it on round thatched dwellings at
the start of the Ebola outbreak. I've been creating a circle of the
correct size and tagging the way as 'building=hut' in much the same
way as we create a rectangle / polygon on a square sided structure
and tag it building=yes. The info on the main tagging wiki at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building</a>
shows the tag being used on an area, not a node.<br>
<br>
I've had a quick look on overpassturbo for part of Liberia, and
there are clusters of the tag, in some places on a node & in
others on a polygon - on at least one occasion the node has a
comment similar to '7 huts'.<br>
<br>
A quick query on taginfo for building=hut;<br>
All 832415,<br>
Node 8113<br>
Way 824247<br>
Relation 55<br>
<br>
The purpose of creating the polygon was for the clever GIS folk to
analyse and create population estimates, when used in conjunction
with the landuse=residential polygon which needs to be traced fairly
closely around the perimeter of the cluster of buildings to allow
accurate estimates of population for a village / hamlet / town
(Something to do with area calculations). I suspect that it is still
being used for that purpose, and will continue to do so. Also if the
building is traced it appears on the map, but if it is a node it
does not. On the basis you can do a more accurate calculation on the
area from the polygon & you can't do it on a node that could
represent an unknown quantity of buildings I think we need;<br>
* When remote mapping an area, unless the task description says
otherwise, create a polygon for the round dwelling and tag it
building=hut<br>
* To ensure our own training & reference sites, such as wiki
pages, LearnOSM and slide shows or other materials are up to date -
if it's wrong & you can't fix it, at least highlight it so
someone can.<br>
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