Anybody can edit the wiki... 2012/4/17 Charlotte Wolter <[email protected]>
> > I agree. Is there a way to get that into the wiki? > > > At 08:21 AM 4/16/2012, you wrote: > > At 2012-04-15 10:53, Charlotte Wolter wrote: > > In the process of remapping work by "blars," I've come across a > way to draw land use that is new to me. He draws the land-use areas out to > the middle of the streets. For example, if he is specifying a city block as > "residential," he draws the outline down the middle of the surrounding > streets, and all the points in the outline intersect with the points that > create the street. > Is this the way land sue should be done? > > > IMO, no. It's particularly difficult when such a user joins the landuse > ways to the road ways, presenting all sorts of opportunities for newbies to > do "the wrong thing" when editing anything in the area. Even attentive > editors have to go through all sorts of difficulties when dealing with > splitting ways for turn restrictions, etc. > > I map landuse out to what is likely to be the part of the land that the > owner can actually build (or landscape) upon - generally the inner (i.e. > away from the street) border of the sidewalk. Also, I rarely map individual > parcels, choosing instead of map the outline of an entire tract. In this > case, the landuse _will_ cover the roads that are interior to the tract or > provide access to it. See > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=34.53391&lon=-117.34904&zoom=16 . > > > -- > Alan Mintz <[email protected]> > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > > ** > > ** Charlotte Wolter > > 927 18th Street Suite A > Santa Monica, California > 90403 > +1-310-597-4040 > [email protected] > Skype: thetechlady > > *The Four Internet Freedoms* > Freedom to visit any site on the Internet > Freedom to access any content or service that is not illegal > Freedom to attach any device that does not interfere with the network > Freedom to know all the terms of a service, particularly any that would > affect the first three freedoms. > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > >
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