[OSM-talk] OSM is a right mess (was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue)

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

> Am 04.06.2015 um 01:48 schrieb pmailkeey . <pmailkeey at googlemail.com>:
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> A value of residential here  seems to need a key to identify whether it relates to a building or landuse.


there is also highway=residential 



> 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.



building=residential is bad tagging IMHO as it adds only rough information not going beyond what landuse already tells, typically people will use more specific values like apartments, house / detached, villa etc (if they specify more than yes)
I can't deny there are quite some of them nonetheless:

http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/building#values


> 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.


I agree for highways but gardens, terraces, garages etc are normally part of the residence, even if you don't sleep there...


Cheers 
Martin