[Talk-GB] What is a residential area?

[Mateusz Konieczny]

It depends on a map. For OSM Carto (current default map style at
the OSM Main site) one may look at source code - for example
https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/amenity-points.mss#L43 <https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/amenity-points.mss#L43>

For other files see https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto


8 May 2019, 03:18 by sophietheopossum at yandex.com:

> is there any articles on what does/doesn't get used on particular zoom levels? just figure it wouldn't hurt to double check my general understanding
>
> On 5/7/19 1:21 PM, Russ Garrett wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 12:40, Martin Wynne <>> martin at templot.com <mailto:martin at templot.com>>> > wrote:
>>
>>> 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".
>>>
>> From a zoomed-out perspective, landuse= (and natural=) is the main
>> thing you see on the map (especially if buildings aren't mapped), so I
>> think it's pretty useful from a cartographic point of view. It's not
>> just about what you see on the ground, but how you can turn that into
>> a useful map when you're looking at a large area.
>>
>> There are still chunks of the UK which look empty at medium zoom
>> levels (e.g. >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/50.4437/-4.8581 <https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/50.4437/-4.8581>>> )
>> due to lack of landuse mapping.
>>
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