> Maybe it'd be better to add these unknown shapes as circles? Then it would be obvious that this is a just a big node with some relative size information?
A circle would imply a circular building. If the building isn't circular, I don't think it should be represented in the data that way. On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:00 AM, Tac Tacelosky <[email protected]> wrote: > Better no outline than an inaccurate one. Hmm. How about if there were > a tag to indicate that the outline is an estimate and needs further review? > > > I recently added a new grocery store that opened in my neighborhood: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/807746578 > > It's a mid-sized store, and takes up most of the building on that corner, > it replaced the Safeway that used to be there, which is reflected in that > building's history: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/66834804 > > I'd like to associate the new market with the building. Should I simply > name the building and add the tag shop=supermarket? > > Even with great aerial photography, it's often difficult to determine > where one store ends. DC is fortunate to have the footprints of many of > our buildings in OSM because the data was made available. But I'm working > on a section in New Jersey now where there is no data beyond the TIGER > import. I have geocoded photos (that I took) of a few dozen shops, and I'd > like add them to OSM, but it feels like adding them as a bunch of points > (nodes) will be worse than looking at the size of the storefront and > drawing a series of little boxes that reflect the relative sizes. I don't > have building information at all, so I don't know the address. > > Maybe it'd be better to add these unknown shapes as circles? Then it > would be obvious that this is a just a big node with some relative size > information? > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > Tac > > Tac > > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 7:22 AM, Dave F. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 09/05/2013 11:42, Tac Tacelosky wrote: >> >>> I'm about to add a few shops in a shopping center. Is it better to add >>> them as ways so that the renderer has some idea about the footprint and >>> relative size? Or as nodes, which seems to be the more common approach? >>> >>> The tiny nail salon is right next to a large supermarket, and the gas >>> station on the corner is in between those two as far as size, while I can't >>> do an exact outline, I can draw a box to indicate relative sizes. >>> >>> Are both approaches correct, or is one way better? >>> >> >> Both are correct. It depends on you really; whether you have the time or >> patience to draw a full outline or simply add a node. Many areas now have >> fairly accurate aerial imagery that can be traced. As renderers are >> allowing greater zoom levels I've been upgrading POI's to polygon areas. A >> problem you may run into however is multi-storey shopping centres. There's >> never been a satisfactory way to map/render these as area & you may want to >> keep them as POI's. >> >> Dave F. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > >
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