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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23/07/18 07:22, Andrew Hain wrote:<br>
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I will admit to having stuck to building=house in Britain and
letting the geometry of the way identify the configuration.<br>
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+1<br>
For a row of houses .. ie terrace houses there is <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dterrace">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dterrace</a><br>
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I disagree with the suggesting if they are individually mapped they
should be tagged building=house, they are still a terrace so
building=terrace is still appropriate and more detailed. <br>
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face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Tom
Pfeifer <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:t.pfeifer@computer.org"><t.pfeifer@computer.org></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 22 July 2018 21:27:30<br>
<b>To:</b> Tag discussion, strategy and related tools<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tagging] building = house vs detached.</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Probably the reason can be explained
etymologically.<br>
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In the UK, terraced houses (AmE row houses) are very
common, so those lucky enough to hear less
<br>
noise from their neighbours emphasize that by owning a
'detached' (not attached to a terrace) or
<br>
'semi-detached' (two houses sharing a wall) building. The
detached/semi-detached also allow outdoor
<br>
access to the back garden, so the 'end-of-terrace' house
is marketed with a similar advantage.<br>
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In countries where terraced houses are less common, there
is less need to emphasize that the house
<br>
is free-standing. Also, 'house' is easier to understand
for a non-native speaker than 'detached'.<br>
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tom<br>
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On 22.07.2018 20:56, Mike H wrote:<br>
> The definitions of building=house and
building=detached on the wiki are very similar and don't
seem
<br>
> to have any meaningful difference.<br>
> <br>
> I've seen people say that house is meant for
rowhouses, and detached should be for
<br>
> stand-alone houses, but there is no documentation
that explains that. If that is the intended
<br>
> meanings of the tags, then the wiki pages need some
work.<br>
> <br>
> As far as how I've seen things actually mapped,
I've only ever seen the building=house tag. Taginfo
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> shows 1.2 million uses of detached, and 27.2 million
uses of building=house, so they are both used
<br>
> quite a bit, but house is used a lot more.<br>
> <br>
> Can anyone elaborate on these tags, or have ideas on
how they could be better written about?<br>
> <br>
> <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dhouse"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dhouse</a><br>
> <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Ddetached"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Ddetached</a><br>
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