[Tagging] How to tag apartments in a building that is multiuse
Steve Doerr
doerr.stephen at gmail.com
Wed Jun 26 06:57:10 UTC 2013
On 25/06/2013 23:25, Clifford Snow wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com
> <mailto:emacsen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> After discussing it on IRC, how does this sound as a potential
> for a proposal:
>
> A new tag called residential, where the value specifies the type of
> residential, such as:
>
> residential=apartment
> residential=condo
> residential=co-op
> residential=single_room_occupancy
>
> (these would be open for refinement and addition of course).
>
> Then a user could tag the apartments with all the normal tags one
> would expect- name, addr:*, phone, website, etc.
>
>
> Sorry for the delay in responding to everyone. Must have been from all
> the excitement of SOTMUS.
>
> I think Serge has proposed the best solution. I also live in a
> multistory building with retail and offices below. I had been tagging
> them amenity=apartment, but will switch them to residential=apartment.
> I build a proposal for a new tag which I'll announce shortly. It will
> give a chance for a more formal discussion.
>
Do bear in mind that residential apartments are often called 'flats' in
British English, and there is a documented tag addr:flats to record the
number(s) of the flats within a block.
--
Steve
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