[OSM-newbies] Is there a Landuse= Mixed option?

Claudius claudius.h at gmx.de
Mon Aug 24 19:50:30 BST 2009


Am 20.08.2009 00:58, Dave F.:
> Hi
>
> My city centre has been mapped using a combination of three areas marked
> as landuse - residential,commercial&  retail.
> they all clash with each other&  look a complete mess.
> In some cases they even been joined together making it difficult to amend.
>
> I understand why it happened. As with many cities there's retail at
> ground level with either residential or commercial in the upper floors
> of multi-storey buildings.
> Is there a way to tagged a single area as Mixed&  the list the different
> uses?
>
> What would be the best way of clarifying this?

I'm using the landuse tagging for indicating the *dominant* landuse. So 
if it's a residential area with some supermarkets inbetween it still I 
keep tagging the whole as a landuse=residential

Claudius





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