[OSM-newbies] How to draw land-use areas

[Richard Weait]

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:26 PM, James Ewen <ve6srv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Roads as polygons is really poorly supported in OSM, and by poorly
>> supported, I mean that for the most part, they're not at all, and
>> should be avoided.
>
> So by association, don't bother trying to draw the edge of the road
> using a polygon that defines the adjacent area.
>
>> I generally avoid landuse altogether, as it's nearly impossible to
>> verify, and I've never found a situation in which I needed to know
>> what the landuse was for an area I was in, or traveling to.
>>
>> This, I think, is the best advice for landuse - don't use it.
>
> Really? Public parks, cemeteries, reservoirs, and the rest are of no
> use on the map? Many types of landuse are very easy to identify on the
> ground.

I find those amenities, parks, cemeteries, etc. relatively easy to
confirm and helpful to have on the map.  landuse = residential, vs.
commercial vs. light-commercial-industrial-3 or whatever the local
municipality designates it, much less so.

I prefer that the boundaries of those landuse areas, where they exist,
not be tied to the road or other features.