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

[Tom Chance]

Ahoy,

On Wed, 02 May 2007 15:00:15 +0100, Mike Collinson <mike at ayeltd.biz> wrote:
> At 12:41 PM 2/05/2007, you wrote:
>>p.s. building already is a map features proposal:
>>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Building

It would be good if this got some more attention. It has been sitting there, slowly expanding, for a while. But I think it's quite an important proposal, and could be a very common feature of well covered maps, as A-Z shows. At least Tiles at Home currently shows buildings as purple areas. When you think about it, buildings are often one of the easiest ways of knowing where you are! Oooh, there's a load of glasshouses, we must be near that plant nursery...

> 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.

I think a guessed area is going to be better than a line, and you can always add a note to say someone with aerial photography or time on their hands to survey needs to go back and correct it.

Kind regards,
Tom