[Potlatch-dev] [OpenStreetMap] #4652: Automatic "building=yes" for some node->way conversions in Potlatch

[Dave F.]

On 28/10/2012 01:45, OpenStreetMap wrote:
>   It would be really nice if when I convert a node to a way, at least if
>   it's a shop or amenity or anything like that, for Potlatch to
>   automatically set building=yes.

But it's not always (majority?) a just a building. Pubs, churches, even 
shops cover larger land space than just the building footprint ie 
parking, beer garden, cemetery etc. When I change a node to an area, 
it's, more often than not, to cover the whole of that establishments land.