On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 20:41:29 +1100
Steve Bennett wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Daniel O'Connor
> wrote:
>
> > I started out with buildings, but got a bit excited in my local area;
> > getting down into trees, power lines, fences, driveways etc.
> >
> > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-34.84928/138.52277
> >
> > Not super pretty looking.
> >
>
> Hi guys,
> Personally I'm not that into micromapping, but could I make the
> suggestion that you use (additional) tags to make it easy to filter this
> stuff out? It makes it hard to render a reasonable map if there's no
> distinction between, say:
> * relevant public buildings, vs private houses (use building=house sounds
> good)
> * walking paths through parks, vs ordinary footpaths (use sidewalk=yes?)
> * public or semi-public tennis courts (eg at a sporting facility, vs
> private tennis courts in backyards (access=private?)
> * similarly for swimming pools
>
My tuppence worth:
It would (possibly) be useful to map significant private homes otherwise just
tag the blocks as residential area.
mick
___
Talk-au mailing list
Talk-au@openstreetmap.org
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au