[Tagging] landuse=residential and named residential areas which belong together (neighbourhoods/subdivisions?)

2011-08-29 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
We have been recently discussing on the German ML about landuse=residential. In Germany many mappers were mapping subdivisions / neighbourhoods [1] with landuse=residential. This led to very rough landuse information, because in order to keep the (sometimes quite big) area as a whole they are

Re: [Tagging] landuse=residential and named residential areas which belong together (neighbourhoods/subdivisions?)

2011-08-29 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/8/29 Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com We have been recently discussing on the German ML about landuse=residential. In Germany many mappers were mapping subdivisions / neighbourhoods [1] with landuse=residential. This led to very rough landuse information, because in order to

Re: [Tagging] landuse=residential and named residential areas which belong together (neighbourhoods/subdivisions?)

2011-08-29 Thread Josh Doe
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: We have been recently discussing on the German ML about landuse=residential. In Germany many mappers were mapping subdivisions / neighbourhoods [1] with landuse=residential. This led to very rough landuse

Re: [Tagging] landuse=residential and named residential areas which belong together (neighbourhoods/subdivisions?)

2011-08-29 Thread Nathan Edgars II
Landuse is a general description of what the predominant landuse is. Hence if a residential subdivision includes a community park or golf course, or an industrial park includes a McDonald's, you don't need to cut them out of the polygon. As for including roads, I tend to include them if

Re: [Tagging] landuse=residential and named residential areas which belong together (neighbourhoods/subdivisions?)

2011-08-29 Thread Dave F.
On 29/08/2011 23:35, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 8/29/2011 6:05 PM, Dave F. wrote: Mapping the difference between a residential estate a golf course is, IMO, the bare minimum. Here's an example of a residential community (Bay Hill) that has a golf course within it: