[OSM-talk] OSM is a right mess

[John Eldredge]

In urban areas, it is common to have mixed-use buildings as well, with 
retail or services on the ground floor and residential units on upper floors.

-- 
John F. Eldredge -- john at jfeldredge.com
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot 
drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.



On June 3, 2015 7:13:39 PM Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/06/2015 9:48 AM, pmailkeey . wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > A value of residential here  seems to need a key to identify whether
> > it relates to a building or landuse. However, you suggest
> > building=residential as possibly being redundant. In fact, I'd turn
> > this on its head and make landuse=residential (with the exception of
> > moles) redundant. The only residential landuse is directly under a
> > building but by using landuse=residential, such areas cover gardens
> > and highways - which are clearly not residences.
> >
>
> No.
> Landuse - a facility (what it gets used for)
> The governmental authority here says an area is for residential use ..
> They do that before there are any houses thus it is not just the area
> under a building.
>
> building - a physical item (what is there on the ground)
> A building that is used for residences has a particular set of features
> that distinguish it for other building types e.g. a mall.
>
> --------------------------
> I use my garden! I go out there and read, email .. even do OSM ... in
> the garden.
> The street in front of my home gets used by the kids to play soccer,
> tennis ...
>
> The land use is 'residential' .. even in the garden. And the neighbours
> swimming pool.
> The house is also residential.
>
> I and my neighbours reside here - we use all of it.
>
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