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

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/5/4 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> 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.


I agree to this, but the name "isolated_dwelling" was the translation
I finally found (neither in wikipedia nor in the dictionary) for the
German scientific term "Einzelsiedlung", which describes the smallest
entity of human settlements (below hamlets). I discourage the use of
farm as this is about usage and not about the size. Examples for
place=isolated_dwelling that are not farms are mills, forester's
houses, small isolated trainstations, restaurants or "houses". Of
course most isolated dwellings (at least in Germany) are indeed farms.

cheers,
Martin