[OSM-talk] Potlatch 1.0

Shaun McDonald shaun at shaunmcdonald.me.uk
Mon May 25 10:33:10 BST 2009


On 24 May 2009, at 14:22, OJ W wrote:

> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:19 AM, John McKerrell  
> <john at mckerrell.net> wrote:
>> I thought people were sometimes using similar values to the landuse
>> tags, i.e. building=commercial building=retail ?
>
> or office, apartments, mixed_use ...
>
> currently it looks like the vast majority of buildings are just
> generic "building=yes":
>
> http://osmdoc.com/en/tag/building/
>

Personally I think it would be much nicer if every building was just  
building=yes or true. That way people will be able to some more  
interesting renderings. For example shading certain types of building  
different colours.

Shaun

> mixed with a few "building=greenhouse/half-cylindrical plastic sheet
> covred plant growning housey things"
>
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