[OSM-talk-ie] How you can improve the mapping of Irish schools

[John Kennedy]

Hi Tom. If there are no realistic borders visible on the ground then I
recommend one bounding area amenity=school with no name. Instead add the
specific names on the buildings (and building=school). If buildings joined
/shared then I think make your best guess at splitting them. Multipolygons
can be used to share edges for editors comfortable with them.

I came across the same problem with three schools in the one grounds, two
of the schools in a joined building. This was my attempt:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/53.36518/-6.50101, with a 4th school
adjacent!

HTH
 - John

On 5 February 2016 at 05:48, <osmie at tutanota.com> wrote:

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> 3. Feb 2016 21:58 by rory at technomancy.org:
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> > Taginfo tells us that there are 651 schools in Ireland tagged as a node,
> > not an area. These can be replaced with a more accurate area. This is
> > one thing they are doing in the UK. Mapzen explain more[3].
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> Hi Rory and all mappers
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> What do you think is the best way to map schools beside each other, say in
> the case of where there is a "School X Primary" and "School X Secondary" on
> the same grounds but they are treated separately for example different
> buildings, phone numbers, principals and in some cases even gender?
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> I was thinking that the area encompassing the grounds could be split into
> two
> smaller ones but this is not always logical as it might only be the
> buildings
> that differentiate the two schools and the land they are on is shared. In
> these instances does it make sense to tag the main buildings for each?
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> Tom
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