[OSM-talk] OSM is a right mess

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

> Am 04.06.2015 um 02:11 schrieb Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com>:
> 
> 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.


No
;-)
You are referring to zoning, the planning of landuse, after approval becomes the prescription of landuse.
In osm, the tag "landuse" describes the actual landuse, regardless of what should or could be at that place according to the law or planning.

cheers 
Martin