[OSM-talk] Area tags in Overpass API

[Shaun McDonald]

On 22 Mar 2013, at 19:58, Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> as of now, Overpass API has limited support for area queries: There is a
> whitelist¹ of cases where relations and closed ways are treated as
> areas. Most of the time it requires a name in addition to certain other
> tags. Specifically, I stumbled upon the limitation that closed ways with
> a building key are only treated as an area if they have a name (and use
> the "yes" building value).

Why just building=yes? I do my best to be more descriptive on the type of building that it is, such as whether it is residential, industrial, commercial, retail etc.

Shaun