I also have some doubts in this field. There are various tags (I could look wiki, but at least 'amenity library' comes to my mind) that are only suitable for single nodes, not for areas (i.e. buildings). Is this what the tag 'area yes' was meant for?
[] On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 13:18, Robert Helvie <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > In some original ride-bys and surveys I marked the locations of some > supermarkets and such on OSM with just a single tagged node. > > Now, after editing in some boundary streets and using yahoo's aerial > imagery I can go back and outline the larger supermarkets and tag them as > named buildings. Am I correct in assuming that I should now remove those > original nodes, or does it not matter if the node sits on top of the > building? Or is there some other way to do it. What is the common/accepted > practice? > > The thing I am wondering about is whether the areas (buildings) are (would > be) searchable on any OSM routing sites or when map data is transferred to > GPS units (Garmin, myself). Right now parks seem to make it to the Garmin, > but some other areas don't which means a supermarket as a building might not > show up without the node on top. > This isn't "tagging for the renderer" but rather tagging for the GPSr. > Yes, I know that really on the Garmin these things should actually be > depicted using type files, but sometimes that is rather difficult to > accomplish, and other times nearly impossible with the limited amount of > types available. > > Just looking for an answer and any input. Thanks a bunch. > > Jama rek, > > Robert > > > -- > "We should give meaning to life, not wait for life to give to > give us meaning. " > ~ unknown > --- > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > > -- Arlindo Saraiva Pereira Jr. Pesquisador e Desenvolvedor de Soluções em Software Livre - Circo Voador Digital - circodigital.org.br Bacharelando em Sistemas de Informação - UNIRIO - uniriotec.br Profissional: [email protected] Acadêmico: [email protected] Geral: [email protected] Tel.: +5521 92504072 Jabber/Google Talk: [email protected] SIP: [email protected] Skype: nighto_sumomo Fring: arlindopereira Linux User #363664 Chave Pública: B828E502
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