[OSM-talk] building= Modified Proposal - Request For Comments

[Robin Paulson]

On 01/01/2008, Mike Collinson <mike at ayeltd.biz> wrote:
> FYI, this tag is already being used extensively experimentally and is the current featured image of the week. Where there is Yahoo imagery, I find it great for characterising an area by tracing out just the important buildings. Other examples:
>
> Stockholm University:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=59.37034&lon=18.04943&zoom=16&layers=B0TT
>
> Experiment using linear ways to show terraces (houses built side by side and not very deep) in the north of England. Osmarender view only.
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.90269&lon=-1.68778&zoom=17&layers=0BFT

purely a renderer issue i know, but the current way of showing it is a
bit confusing - it may need to be drawn with thickness, to indicate it
has a substantial depth. at the moment, i look at that and think it's
a line, i.e. a road, path, boundary, etc.

maybe it should render as an area, with an automatic width of whatever
the average depth of terrace houses is, possibly with 'dividers' to
show that there are multiple items?