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OSM is influenced by the maps its contributors see and are used to. In Britain that includes names of isolated farms on Ordnance Survey maps.<br>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Dave F <davefoxfac63@btinternet.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 17 January 2017 23:00:37<br>
<b>To:</b> talk-gb@openstreetmap.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Talk-GB] Named landuse polygons</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Please be aware this is the talk-GB forum.<br>
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Use of place=farm in Britain is almost certainly misguided. If anyone <br>
knows of an appropriate location please post here.<br>
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It's not use of the tag itself that's the problem, it's contributor's <br>
misinterpretation of it.<br>
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DaveF<br>
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On 17/01/2017 21:52, Warin wrote:<br>
> On 18-Jan-17 07:27 AM, Dave F wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On 17/01/2017 19:38, Warin wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Generally I add a node place=farm as I am not certain where the <br>
>>> boundary lies <br>
>><br>
>> This is a misuse of this tag. place=farm is for the rare (non <br>
>> existent?) cases where a residential community, such as a hamlet, has <br>
>> acquired the name of an adjacent farm. "a place named by a name of a <br>
>> farm" - <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Farm">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Farm</a><br>
>><br>
>> The description for <br>
>> <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dfarm">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dfarm</a> is poorly written
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>> & confusing.<br>
>><br>
>> If mapping just the sheds/farmhouse etc of a farm, landuse=farmyard <br>
>> should be used.<br>
>><br>
>> It was discussed previously: <br>
>> <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2016-September/019181.html">
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2016-September/019181.html</a> <br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> DaveF<br>
><br>
> In Australia .. place=farm is appropriate.<br>
> The next farm may be 250 miles away, as such it usually has facilities <br>
> for seasonal workers (say 20 people), machinery maintenance, air <br>
> strip, ... etc.<br>
> They are substantial places that are important in a mapping and social <br>
> sense.<br>
> Most still have the name painted on the roof to assist aerial navigation.<br>
><br>
> Remember that OSM is world wide, you can define things locally .. but <br>
> they won't fit everywhere, hence the OSMwiki fuzziness.<br>
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