[OSM-talk] Voting for place=isolated_dwelling is open

[John Smith]

On 4 May 2010 13:52, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> No. Houses don't generally have names, they have numbers. This

Rural properties in Australia, even those close to towns, often have
names... Even if the rural renumbering scheme has also given these
places numbers... Houses located within towns usually don't have
names, although some do.

> effectively they're a town by themselves. Only they're too small to be
> towns, or even hamlets. Hence, "isolated dwellings".

Towns and hamlets are usually incorporated in one form or another,
isolated buildings aren't, in any case you can tell how isolated a
building is by comparing features around it, you don't need to
explicitly say it's isolated.