[Talk-GB] What is a residential area?

[seirra blake]

hmm... point taken. I do want to try making custom maps in the future 
that I'll probably base off of carto, so maybe I'll have a better grasp 
when I start that project

On 5/8/19 10:43 AM, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:
> 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
>
> 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)
>         due to lack of landuse mapping.
>
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