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As Simon P says "we allow and support progression from rough to more
detailed."<br>
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To use your terrace example:<br>
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building=yes is OK, but far from perfect<br>
building=terrace is good, but there's still room for improvement<br>
mapping each house & tagging them building=house/office etc is
much better especially if combined with other tags such as
addresses.<br>
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What detail you decide to map to is up to you, depending on time
& patience.<br>
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Dave F. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/03/2016 14:47, joost schouppe
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<div dir="ltr">Is it OK to map multiple buildings as one closed
line with the building=yes tag? Or does building=yes imply it is
one single building?
<div>There is the terrace value, but that implies one orderly
structure, not the hodgepodge of houses, buildings and
extensions that define organically grown blocks.</div>
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<div>There are a couple of "multiple" values too, which make
sense, but is undocumented and maybe overly precise.<br
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