[OSM-talk] Building Site - landuse=construction

[Dave Stubbs]

On 14/12/2007, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 14, 2007 10:51 AM, Kyle Gordon <kyle at lodge.glasgownet.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 11:13 +0000, John McKerrell wrote:
> > > The Building Site tag has passed through voting now with 8 approvals
> > > and no disapprovals. Blackadder did express concern that
> > > "construction" could be an ambiguous term, but I think when coupled
> > > with "landuse", it's ok. If you meant it as a noun, i.e. "a
> > > construction", then you wouldn't use landuse (and in fact you'd
> > > probably use building=yes). We can always put put words to that
> > > effect on the map features description.
> > >
> > > So, if I don't get any major flames in response to this email I'll
> > > add this new tag to the map feaures page and look at getting it
> > > rendered.
> > >
> > > John
> >
> > What an awful idea. As rjmunro states, we should be mapping the two
> > states of existence, not the transitory state in between. As far as I
> > was aware, that is what the start_date and end_date tags are for. Will
> > we be mapping allotments with 'landuse=construction' every time someone
> > builds a new shed or changes their existing one?
>
> landuse = forest_with_bunnies; end_date = July 2008
> landuse = megamall; start_date = May 2010
>
> So what do we render for the 2009 map? Maybe we need (say it quietly)
> landuse = construction; start_date = Aug 2008; end_date = April 2010 ?
>
> I'll ignore your strawman argument about allotments; that's not very -
> ahem - constructive :-)
>

I'm imagining allotments mapping now...

building=garden_shed; end_date=2007/12/21
landuse=soil; start_date=2007/12/22; end_date=2008/06/12
turnips=yes; start_date=2007/12/24; end_date=2007/12/26; (slugs)
landuse=field; start_date=2008/06/13
horse=yes; start_date=2008/06/13

node:
scarecrow=yes