[OSM-newbies] Abutters / Landuse

[Gregory Williams]

I'd agree with that. landuse is preferred when you've got enough data to
be able to use that instead. Also, you don't need to use
landuse=residential where you've used highway=residential, because
that's inferred.

Regards,

Gregory

> -----Original Message-----
> From: newbies-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:newbies-
> bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Williams
> Sent: 23 July 2008 15:15
> To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [OSM-newbies] Abutters / Landuse
> 
> Just got a small question about abutters and landuse. From the
> explanation of abutters[1] I gather your only supposed to use the tag
> if you can't create a landuse area for the roads your travelling down.
> Is this correct?
> 
> For example in Widnes[2] we've got Yahoo coverage so we can work out
> landuse from local knowledge and the imagery, so should I be using
> abutters or landuse areas?
> 
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