[OSM-np] [MapKathmandu] Tagging compounds

[Rajeev Amatya]

Hi Prabhas,

That sounds good. It would be a good idea to document all those in the page
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nepal:Common_tags or create a separate
page. Also, probably make a separate section for Nepal specific items.

Would be great if you could also document other tagging instructions such
as use of capital letters, e.g. St. Xavier's College rather than st.
xavier's college; use of English as the primary language for tags, with
local language, e.g. name:np=काठमाडौं...etc. This will make things much
more organized.

Thanks,
Rajeev

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Prabhas Pokharel <prabhas.pokharel at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hi all, a question that often comes up in Nepal is:
> How do you tag a "compound"? (A restaurant that has multiple buildings, an
> office that has the same, or more..)
>
> I found the best answer in this thread<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/newbies/2009-August/003476.html>
> :
>
> Draw the outline of the compound and tag that accordingly. Then draw
> your buildings and only mark them as building=yes, or building=temple,
> or building=embassy, or whatever actual building it is.
>
> This is already a suggested tagging for
> school/college/university/hospital compounds, so could easily apply to
> the areas you describe.
>
> "Tag that accordingly" means that we should tag that area with the name,
> and other properties.
>
> For example, I just did this for Tamarind<http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/179090406/history>in Jhamsikhel, and the tags on the area I have put in are: area=yes,
> amenity=restaurant, name=Tamarind. If you want to be super detailed, you
> could also add the landuse (eg. landuse=commercial<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features#Landuse>)
> and the fence status of the (such as, if there is a fence, barrier=fence<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features#Barrier>
> ).
>
> However, I would also suggest that this shouldn't be done for every single
> object that we encounter, given how common compounds are in Nepal. This
> should be reserved for "larger" compounds (however you define that) and
> prioritized for hospitals, schools, and public offices, rather than even
> the example I used, restaurant.
>
> If someone wants to point me to the appropriate place in the wiki to
> document this, happy to. But
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nepal:Common_tags seems a tad too
> detailed for the above info, and
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Nepal seems to have not
> enough detail..
>
> cheers,
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