[Talk-GB] What is a residential area?

[Dave F]

On 07/05/2019 12:40, Martin Wynne wrote:
> Are we trying to create a legal reference document?
>
> Or a description of what a visitor would see on the ground?

 From OSM's main welcome page:

"OpenStreetMap is a place for mapping things that are both /real and 
current"
https://www.openstreetmap.org/welcome
/
Real as in physical, current as in still physically there (OSM should 
not be mapping razed buildings or the routes of long gone railways)

>
> If I look at the place I linked, I see a house in a garden and a 
> hedge. If you ask most folk what they see, they would say the same.
>
> I don't know anyone who would say "I see a residential area". Or "I 
> see a plot of land with planning class C3 or C4".

If the duck test is applied, your first comment prevails. Primarily, map 
what you see on the ground, Any legalese requirements (access 
restrictions etc) can be added as secondary tags.
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