[Tagging] building:flats

[Andrew Harvey]

> "Own front door" to the street, or onto the corridor ie one front door
servicing multiple "units"?

Own front door to your unit, I think.

> Isn't this tag doing the same as rooms: under the hotel tag?

Yes.

Actually https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dapartment
recommends "number_of_apartments=* the number of holiday apartments in the
building" which also is the same thing as building:flats.

Same concept for student accommodation/dormitories
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Student_accommodation_building


On 6 August 2018 at 08:03, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 5 August 2018 at 19:22, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Terminology does seem to vary around the world with apartment, flat, unit
>> all being interchangeable, I see the building:flats tag as the number of
>> self-contained residential units (where a unit has it's own front door,
>> kitchen, toilet (room) and bathroom).
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> "Own front door" to the street, or onto the corridor ie one front door
> servicing multiple "units"?
>
> Isn't this tag doing the same as rooms: under the hotel tag?
>
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>> I wouldn't recommend building:flats=1 on a house, according to the wiki
>> house is already "A single dwelling unit usually inhabited by one family."
>>
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> I agree it shouldn't be on "normal" houses, but what about granny flats?
> (which I admit would be almost impossible to map from the street, or an
> aerial view) [Translation in case it's only an Australian term? A granny
> flat is a self-contained flat, sometimes inside the house, sometimes as a
> separate, small, free-standing building in the backyard where "Grandma"
> lives]
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>
>  Thanks
>
> Graeme
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