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

[John McKerrell]

On 30 Sep 2008, at 12:19, Niklas Cholmkvist wrote:

> Hi,
> I mark residential areas (even those containing shops) as  
> key:landuse value:residential. If it is a building, would you  
> recommend to add key:building value:yes , or should I just let it be  
> landuse=residential?
> So far I've added most of the residential areas without building=yes.

In this case, for individual buildings, I tend to tag them as  
building=residential, and then if necessary the area that they are in  
would also be landuse=residential.

John