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

[Scott Bronson]

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?


On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Eric Ladner <eric.ladner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah.. ok.  One of those complicated situations..  :)  I'd say the
> residents win because there's more floors of them than shops.  But
> still, it's more interesting to know about shops on a map than
> residents (if you're using the map to locate something).
>
> your call..
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Niklas Cholmkvist <towardsoss at gmail.com> wrote:
>> If the shop is on the first floor, and the 2nd and 3rd floor are occupied by
>> residents. How would you tag it?
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Eric Ladner <eric.ladner at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> shouldn't land areas containing shops be marked as landuse:retail?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Niklas Cholmkvist <towardsoss at gmail.com>
>>> 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.
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