[OSM-talk] Map Features List

[Chris Hill]

> From: Andy Robinson (blackadder) <blackadderajr at googlemail.com>
> >
> >I read it as abutters is replaced by landuse, since all of the abutter
> >types are matched by landuse and with more options too.
> >Cheers
> >Chris
> >
> 
> No, please don't delete the abutters tag from Map Features.
> The
> 
 Abutters tag
> applies to ways and is separate to any landuse tagging. The
> abutters
> 
 tag is
> still widely used, including by me.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Andy

OK I'll leave them alone - that's why I asked.

I'm keen to see why abutters is useful:
How do you know which side of a way it applies to?  
How do you know the extent of the type beyond the way?
Does it get rendered?
Is it intended for some non-rendering purpose?




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