[OSM-newbies] landuse=residential. Building=yes

[Cartinus]

On Wednesday 01 October 2008 09:48:37 Douglas Furlong wrote:
> 2008/9/30 Scott Bronson <bronson at rinspin.com>
>
> > In the US, governments/zoning call that "mixed use" housing.
> > Apparently in the UK too?
> >
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Talk:Map_Features#Mixed_Use.3F
> >
> > Adding a mixed-use tag seems a no-brainer to me.  Maybe it's worth a
> > vote?
>
> I would strongly be in favour of this, it would certainly be useful in
> council estates, where you have large area's of housing, and then scattered
> around there would be a block or two where the first floor is shops of
> various types.
>
> Doug

landuse=mixed_use would be a kind of "ḧollow" tag, as it doesn't tell you 
which uses are mixed. With the current OSM-tagging, you can already mix the 
tags so they still contain information.

landuse=residential;retail
landuse=commercial;residential
etc.

-- 
m.v.g.,
Cartinus