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

[Serge Wroclawski]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alan Mintz
<Alan_Mintz+OSM at earthlink.net> wrote:
> At 2012-04-15 18:15, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
>>
>> This, I think, is the best advice for landuse - don't use it.
>
>
> I _do_ think it's useful for marking specific features that are, for
> whatever reason, defined under the landuse key (e.g. cemetery, landfill,
> quarry).

It's my understanding that the original question was about
landuse=residential vs landuse=commercial. That's not the same as
landuse=cemetary or landuse=landfill, obviously.

> I also find it useful to define the border of a named housing development,
> commercial business park, or shopping area, causing it to be shown in
> contrast on the map as well as named. I also add it to a site-type relation
> with a role of "boundary".

Those have defined borders, where as the general "landuse=residential"
is not often well defined at all.

- Serge (not interested in supplying any more nits) Wroclawski