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

[Paweł Paprota]

Could you please move this discussion to the tagging list?

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015, at 16:57, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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> > 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.
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> there is also highway=residential 
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> > 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.
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> 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
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> I can't deny there are quite some of them nonetheless:
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> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/building#values
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> > 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.
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> I agree for highways but gardens, terraces, garages etc are normally part
> of the residence, even if you don't sleep there...
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> Cheers 
> Martin 
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