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On 19 Sep 2014 16:54, "Tobias Knerr" <<a href="mailto:osm@tobias-knerr.de" target="_blank">osm@tobias-knerr.de</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 19.09.2014 14:22 Dan S wrote:<br>
> > for buildings: building=residential + residential=university + operator=*<br>
> > OR<br>
> > for sites: landuse=residential + residential=university + operator=*<br>
> ><br>
> > Note that the same scheme seems to me to work well for building and for landuse.<br>
> ><br>
> > I thought this had been discussed on tagging recently, but I can't<br>
> > find it, all I can find is the RFC for amenity=dormitory, currently<br>
> > used 263 times. (I will add that "dormitory" is certainly a little odd<br>
> > from a British English point of view, notwithstanding the comments<br>
> > already made to the RFC.)<br>
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> That proposal now suggests amenity=student_accommodation, precisely<br>
> because of the oddness involved with the term "dormitory".<br>
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> Personally, I prefer using the amenity key rather than building or<br>
> landuse. Landuse lacks the implication that this is one distinct<br>
> facility, and building values are not supposed to represent usage, but<br>
> how the building is built.<br>
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+1<br>
I tagged some student residences as tourism=guest_house previously, but they aren't buildings (some are apartments inside buildings, but owned by the local government agency for student services).</p><p dir="ltr">Stefano<br>
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