[OSM-talk] place=isolated_dwelling approved - adding to mapfeatures

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Sun, 23 May 2010, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 2010/5/23 Liz <edodd at billiau.net>:
> > I think that I understand that in Germany isolated_place is a defined
> > type of entity, while in other places it represents a subjective
> > decision.
> 
> in some way, many of our tags include subjective decisions. I can find
> quite some results for isolated_dwelling and Australia in Google as
> well,
> e.g.
> http://qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/past/2008/place_makers
> "The exhibition reveals the extraordinary diversity of residential
> work being produced in Queensland, and includes internationally
> recognised commissions for individual houses, modest suburban ‘infill’
> designs, an isolated dwelling in regional Queensland,...."
> 
> and others.
> 
> cheers,
> Martin


isolated dwelling here sounds like it is architect or journalist talk, not any 
cartographic or geo-orientated word. That's a decision from the context, 
because the phrase does not hold a particular meaning in a geographic sense