Re: [Tagging] [Talk-bf] Buildings blocks

2015-03-12 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-03-12 7:54 GMT+01:00 Markus Lindholm markus.lindh...@gmail.com: reference to the definition found in Wikipedia and that's also how I've used the tag. and if someone changes the Wikipedia page, the definition for our tag will change as well? How likely is that? Not that

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-bf] Buildings blocks

2015-03-12 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 11 March 2015 at 23:52, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: Am 11.03.2015 um 19:43 schrieb Markus Lindholm markus.lindh...@gmail.com: reference to the definition found in Wikipedia and that's also how I've used the tag. and if someone changes the Wikipedia page, the

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-bf] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 11.03.2015 um 14:59 schrieb Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org: I object to admin_level=10 since http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:admin_level%3D10#11_admin_level_values_for_specific_countries most often uses that for place=neighbourhood but apart from that it looks very

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-bf] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 11/03/2015 17:29, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Am 11.03.2015 um 14:59 schrieb Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org: I'd only use admin_level if this is really an administrative entity. place and admin are orthogonal. Yes, thanks for reminding that - let's keep admin_level out of the way of

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-bf] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread althio
Hi Jean-Marc, Thank you for your detailed input and review on this idea. It indeed looks to fit well within the existing scheme as a more refined urban territorial subdivision. place = city/town suburb neighbourhood city_block/block / plot The trouble is there is no definition yet of

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-bf] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 11/03/2015 18:04, althio wrote: To Séverin, For your particular case with your students and considering your time frame I would say: IMO it is taggable, no need to avoid in OSM. Go ahead. My preference is either place=block or place=plot. Pick as you wish and set the trend. Why not

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-bf] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Daniel Koć
W dniu 11.03.2015 18:04, althio napisał(a): It indeed looks to fit well within the existing scheme as a more refined urban territorial subdivision. place = city/town suburb neighbourhood city_block/block / plot Yet another two, to be complete: ... borough suburb quarter

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-bf] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread althio
On 11 March 2015 at 18:14, Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org wrote: On 11/03/2015 18:04, althio wrote: To Séverin, For your particular case with your students and considering your time frame I would say: IMO it is taggable, no need to avoid in OSM. Go ahead. My preference is either

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-bf] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 11 March 2015 at 18:04, althio althio.fo...@gmail.com wrote: The trouble is there is no definition yet of city_block Not so. When I added it to osm wiki I also put there a reference to the definition found in Wikipedia and that's also how I've used the tag. /Markus

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-bf] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread althio
I do not have the answer but I wanted to look towards place=* tagged as area. A few possibilities may include: place=block [taginfo ~1 200 as area] [no wiki] place=city_block [taginfo ~900 as area] [wiki documentation, mostly in Stockholm, Sweden] place=plot [taginfo ~900 as area] [no wiki]

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-bf] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 11.03.2015 um 19:43 schrieb Markus Lindholm markus.lindh...@gmail.com: reference to the definition found in Wikipedia and that's also how I've used the tag. and if someone changes the Wikipedia page, the definition for our tag will change as well? cheers Martin

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-bf] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 11/03/2015 13:25, althio wrote: I do not have the answer but I wanted to look towards place=* tagged as area. I like that approach - it will let us position this entity within the existing frame of concentric urban territorial subdivisions. place=block [taginfo ~1 200 as area] [no wiki]