[Talk-GB] Named landuse polygons

[Dan S]

Hi Andrew,

Well, my 2p: I like to name landuse=residential when it corresponds to
a delineated housing estate or whatever. I agree that as in this case
they're almost always "somewhat arbitrary" (only rarely do we have
access to some official polygon corresponding to a housing estate or
retail area) though I don't think that makes them bad edits
necessarily.
In the case of this changeset, my question would be whether the names
are really names (either in local use or officially) - and you're
better placed to judge that than I am.

Actually, the "Sheen Lane Centre" tagging in particular looks odd
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/8152525 - name applied to multiple
footways rather than one area - and this implies that the mapper has
been naming whatever objects are already there, rather than
creating/carving off appropriate patches, so I can see why you raise
an eyebrow.

Best
Dan


2017-01-17 13:33 GMT+00:00 Andrew Hain <andrewhainosm at hotmail.co.uk>:
> A recent changeset in southwest London
> [https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/43807789] added names to
> landuse=residential and landuse=commercial polygons. The mapper has not
> responded to the changeset comment that I left some weeks ago. The names
> themselves read more like descriptions to me as a local and they were added
> to the existing polygons, which are somewhat arbitrary (you could micromap
> with a polygon for each block omitting all roads). These names appear on
> OSM-carto in italics.
>
> What is a general view on when it makes sense to add a name to a landuse
> polygon?
>
> --
> Andrew
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