[talk-au] Question about houses

[Sebastian S.]

I'm sure you have seen that the building tag cane be yes, house, Appartement, Garage, shed, etc.

You can also add building levels if you know the area well.


On 29 March 2020 12:12:29 pm AEDT, James Cridland <james at cridland.net> wrote:
>All awesome, thanks, folks. I'll ensure I do it right, then! :)
>
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>On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 at 08:55, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 29/3/20 9:13 am, David Wales wrote:
>>
>> Realised that I replied directly, rather than to the list...
>> Reply below:
>>
>> Hi James,
>>
>> If there is only one building at the address, I would merge the
>building
>> and the address point.
>> You can mark the entrance as described here:
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:entrance
>>
>> If there is more than one building, add a perimeter, and merge the
>address
>> to that:
>>
>>
>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses#Multiple_buildings_for_one_housenumber
>>
>>
>> If the other buildings are garages, garden sheds then I would still
>put
>> the address on the house.
>>
>>
>>
>> Note that according to https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses
>> there are several options for tagging buildings with addresss, but
>the
>> above are my preferred methods.
>>
>> Regards,
>> David
>>
>> On 29/3/20 9:11 am, Dion Moult wrote:
>>
>> Hello James!
>>
>> FYI those addresses you see were likely created as part of the NSW
>address
>> import project - that is why they are in the middle of the lot :)
>Please
>> feel free to improve on its accuracy by merging it into an actual
>building!
>>
>> Dion Moult
>>
>>
>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>> On Sunday, March 29, 2020 9:08 AM, Graeme Fitzpatrick
>> <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> G'day James & welcome!
>>
>> Personally, I've always gone with either #3, with the address node at
>the
>> driveway, or drawn the building & added the address details to that.
>>
>> Either way seems to work, in the they render, & also appear in an
>address
>> search (at least on OSMand!)
>>
>> Good luck & have fun!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Graeme
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 21:47, James Cridland <james at cridland.net>
>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, folks - first time poster here, and (while I first edited OSM
>a
>>> while ago) this my first time doing a lot of work in it to make it
>nicer.
>>>
>>> I'm adding the buildings around where I live. They're all individual
>>> buildings, mainly houses. In my part of Australia we've address
>points,
>>> which come from the local council. They're in the middle of the lot
>- not
>>> necessarily in the middle of the building on the lot.
>>>
>>> Should I be:
>>> 1. Adding the building outlines and moving the address points to the
>>> centre of the building?
>>> 2. Adding the building outlines and dropping the address point onto
>the
>>> outline, so they're merged?
>>> 3. Adding the building outlines and dropping the address point onto
>the
>>> outline at the entrance, so they're merged?
>>> 4. What the hell are you doing James, don't touch the address
>points?
>>>
>>> Looking at the renderer: if I do #3, that moves the street number to
>the
>>> entrance of the property, which is quite helpful, especially for a
>building
>>> on a corner.
>>>
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