[OSM-newbies] newbies Digest, Vol 30, Issue 27

[Lennard]

Bill Condie wrote:

> 1. There are a lot of service roads - driveways - that pass under  
> awnings or balconies and no matter what layer I put building or  
> driveway, the road appears on top. Do I have to end the way when it  
> reaches the building and start a new one where it leaves?

No, map them as they really are. That they render on top of the 
buildings is unfortunate, but not a data error. It's the renderer(s) 
that need to adapt, and work is being done in this area.

> 2. A feature of Bangkok (and Thailand for that matter) are compounds -  
> temples, embassies, public buildings and private houses that are  
> walled and should by rights be treated as a building but often have  
> several buildings within the compound. Question is, how do I tag the  
> compound and the buildings inside so the name of the compound isn't  
> repeated for every building inside, which have the same tag attributes?

Draw the outline of the compound and tag that accordingly. Then draw 
your buildings and only mark them as building=yes, or building=temple, 
or building=embassy, or whatever actual building it is.

This is already a suggested tagging for 
school/college/university/hospital compounds, so could easily apply to 
the areas you describe.


-- 
Lennard