[Tagging] man_made=courtyard tag chronology

[Robin Burek]

>
> On Tue, 1 Jun 2021 at 00:37, nathan case <nathancase at outlook.com> wrote:
>
>     I’m just wondering what’s the best way to investigate this
>     sudden surge in usage? Can I find out who/where is responsible for
>     it? Note: I’m not at all saying it’s malicious, it would just
>     be interesting to know what’s driven this surge so that I can
>     write a sensible Wiki entry for it.
>
I think responsible is ID..... They have a preset for man_made=courtyard

I really ask - do we need a tagging for this? To make a courtyard
visible, there are multipolygons..... Building outline as outer and the
courtyard outline as inner.....

>
> Had a play in Overpass & found a couple that were done 2 weeks ago,
> which seem to be connected with schools in the US, so that may give
> you a lead?:
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/944035199
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/942301926

My opinion -> this should be a multipolygon....

>
> Also spotted a couple that have been tagged as courtyards although it
> would appear that they're only simple fenced off areas?
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/356269649
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/908917992
Confusing... I have found some texts where courtyard also is used as a
synonym for farm/farmyard.... But this wound fit here also.....
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