[OSM-newbies] Building Outline Tags

[Dudley Ibbett]

Hi

In the documentation search on "one feature, one osm element".  It would seem to cover the basic principles to be applied in this situation.. i suspect those looking at obstacles for new mappers would be interested to get your feedback on this.

Dudley

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On 24 Dec 2012, at 23:14, "Robert McLean" <bob at its.bldrdoc.gov> wrote:

> I am starting to add building outlines for my city, and I have a few questions.  My city has some building outlines already but probably less than 5% is covered.
>  
> 1.       When I add a new building that contains a POI worthy entity as a shop or school, is the recommended practice to (a) add a new node inside the building outline with the POI data, (b) add the POI data to a node on the building outline as the entrance, or (c) add the POI tags directly to the building outline way? By POI data I mean the type of POI, address, telephone, operating hours—information that would not go on a residence or simple building, but could show up on a GPS receiver.
> 2.       If the tags are on the building outline and there is no additional node with the POI tags, will mkgmap reduce the building outline to a single node with tags for a GPS receiver?
> 3.       What about a large building that contains many shops, for example, in a shopping center?  I suppose all three possibilities above are possible, so is there a recommendation?
> 4.       If the recommendation is tagging the building outline (the method that seems the best to me), what do I do when I add a new building outline when there is an existing POI node with tags?  Should I edit this to add the tags to the building, or just leave the existing node?  I guess this is a general protocol question.  Is it better to edit other peoples work only to make things consistent (especially if there is a specific recommendation for a way to do things), or better to respect the way they have done things and leave inconsistencies in method as they are?
> 5.       For all of these questions, is there written documentation that I missed?  I am talking about documentation for these specific questions—I have seen lots of other documentation.
>  
> Thanks for any help,
>  
> Bob McLean
>  
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