[OSM-talk] Tagging buildings (was index of names)

[Mike Collinson]

At 12:41 PM 2/05/2007, you wrote:
>>I've been experimenting with a "building=" tag which I think may be worth putting into a formal Map Feature proposal.  I've used it mostly on nodes but also on linear ways (building=terrace) and areal ways for mapping out the bounds of large buildings.  So far I've been using building=house, farm, clubhouse, terrace.
>
>erm. I think tagging linear ways may produce unexpected results, as
>the difference between a linear way and an area way is implicit from
>the tagging, and not from whether it joins up at the ends. There is a
>proposed "area" tag on the wiki, which seems to be proposed as a way
>of drawing turning circles (*yuk*), but *may* have some merit to clear
>up the ambiguity between linear and area features. It needs much more
>consideration and discussion though in that case.
>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/area
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>I'm quite reluctant to start drawing in building outlines for what are
>essentially additional street names that apply only to one side and/or
>part of a real highway.
>
>Rob
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>p.s. building already is a map features proposal:
>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Building


Thanks for your comments, Rob. I'd missed the proposal and have now added some comments there.  I take your point that have both linear and area ways with the same tag may complicate things for rendering.  Does anyone have any other suggestion or comment?   Here where I am currently mapping in Yorkshire, UK, there are many instances of terraced houses bearing an address in addition to the street they are on, for example "Peel Terrace, Ilkley Road".  I want to capture the name and location for search purposes even if it is not map rendered.  It is very easy to determine where the terrace starts and finishes, hence the use of a linear way.  I'm a bit loathe to use an area since the depth of the terrace would normally just be a guess.

Mike