[OSM-talk] Proper use of landuse=residential ?

[Brent Easton]

My preferred method is not to use landuse=residential at all, just fill up the area with highway=residential or abutters=residential streets.

B.

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On 16/10/2007 at 9:00 PM Ted Mielczarek  wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm looking to fill out my map, so I've started adding landuse tagged
>areas.  I've added a bunch of landuse=residential areas[1], and now
>that I look at it, I wonder if it isn't smarter to just make several
>large landuse=residential areas, and set them at layer=-1.  Is there a
>consensus on which is preferred?
>
>Regards,
>-Ted
>
>[1]
>http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=40.694800265747645&lon=-75.49517719869598&zoom=16&layers=0BF
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Brent Easton                       
Analyst/Programmer                               
University of Western Sydney                                   
Email: b.easton at uws.edu.au