Ooops, what I meant to say was you don't need to use abutters=residential with highway=residential. landuse=residential should be used when you know how far back the residential goes; abutters=residential just assumes a close proximity to the road.
Gregory > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbies- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Ladner > Sent: 23 July 2008 16:49 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Abutters / Landuse > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Gregory Williams > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd agree with that. landuse is preferred when you've got enough data > to > > be able to use that instead. Also, you don't need to use > > landuse=residential where you've used highway=residential, because > > that's inferred. > > True, but 99% of the TIGER data is classified as residential (even > city streets where a house is nowhere in sight). I still draw areas > around major residential areas (think subdivisions) anyway. Looks > pretty on the map, if nothing else. > > -- > Eric Ladner > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
