<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Ed Avis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eda@waniasset.com">eda@waniasset.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Steve Bennett <stevagewp <at> <a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
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>1) After tagging a building, I want to define the property boundary<br>
>that the building sits in. In some cases, there's a landuse tag<br>
>(landuse=commercial, residential), but how to tag a non-profit bowling<br>
>club, a school, ...? Do you simply tag it amenity=school?<br>
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</div>I think so, and then tag the buildings within that area. The school includes<br>
the playground, it is not just the building.<br></blockquote><div><br>Ah yep, I eventually came to this conclusion myself. <br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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>2) Sometimes there is one occupied block in the middle of large areas<br>
>of nothingness. I want to tag the block to show that there is<br>
>something there - ie, it's not unmapped.<br>
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</div>I don't quite understand what you mean; if there is 'something' then why not<br>
just map that something?<br></blockquote><div><br>Heh, because I don't know what it is! It's often hard to tell the difference between a large rural property, a farm, or even some kind of light industry. Maybe I can see buildings and sheds, but that's all I know. Your "area=yes" suggestion is interesting.<br>
<br>Slightly related note, is it ok to use tags like "landuse=residential" at vastly different levels of granularity. Ie, it could be a house, a block, or what I've been doing at the moment, whole suburbs. I'm trying to sketch out the western edges of the urban sprawl of Melbourne. At the very least, it gives a guide as to which suburbs are remaining to be mapped - looking at the map gives a false impression as to the level of completeness, because unmapped shows the same as unoccupied.<br>
<br></div></div>Steve<br>