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[Gaurav Thapa]

Martin,

landuse=residential has been a common tag employed by remote mappers to
identify densely settled areas. Ideally the tag should be removed after all
building footprints have been traced. As there is no way of knowing if the
landuse is actually residential, commercial etc.

On Jul 26, 2017 16:40, "Martin Koppenhoefer" <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:

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> sent from a phone
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> > On 25. Jul 2017, at 18:24, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I think the convention is if you see a settlement with side streets in a
> grid pattern its more than likely a settlement and can be labelled
> landuse=residential.
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> I believe you should use place=* for whole settlements, the landuse
> property is for mapping actual landuse.
>
> Cheers,Martin
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