Re: [Tagging] Buildings blocks

2015-03-12 Thread althio
On Mar 11, 2015 7:44 PM, "Markus Lindholm" wrote: > > On 11 March 2015 at 18:04, althio 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

Re: [Tagging] Buildings blocks

2015-03-12 Thread johnw
Landuse=* is not just about defining a residential area or an industrial zone. I use all of the class landuses to define the individual grounds for a specific company’s factory or for a certain shop. yes, I can use the landuse to define a section, but I just as often use it to define individual

Re: [Tagging] Buildings blocks

2015-03-12 Thread Dan S
2015-03-11 12:06 GMT+00:00 Martin Koppenhoefer : > > 2015-03-11 12:56 GMT+01:00 Jean-Marc Liotier : >> >> As you can see, each block is subdivided into land plots - each with a >> courtyard and several buildings that usually all belong to an extended >> family. Those land plots have a strong signif

Re: [Tagging] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 11 March 2015 at 20:14, althio wrote: > > On Mar 11, 2015 7:44 PM, "Markus Lindholm" > wrote: >> >> On 11 March 2015 at 18:04, althio 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

Re: [Tagging] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Daniel Koć
W dniu 11.03.2015 13:06, Martin Koppenhoefer napisał(a): maybe a new place value? Of the existing ones, maybe place=neighbourhood? Although this is a really small nieghbourhood compared to other areas with this tag. Probably place=city_block is exactly what you're looking for: http://wiki.ope

Re: [Tagging] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-03-11 12:56 GMT+01:00 Jean-Marc Liotier : > As you can see, each block is subdivided into land plots - each with a > courtyard and several buildings that usually all belong to an extended > family. Those land plots have a strong significance and the frequent > sighting of spontaneous attempts

Re: [Tagging] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 11/03/2015 12:22, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2015-03-11 12:12 GMT+01:00 Severin Menard >: I would like to know if putting building blocks in OSM should be avoided in all cases. I am currently teaching GIS students in Dakar that have ben required

Re: [Tagging] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-03-11 12:12 GMT+01:00 Severin Menard : > I would like to know if putting building blocks in OSM should be avoided > in all cases. I am currently teaching GIS students in Dakar that have ben > required to digitize only building blocks on their area of study. Could > this been done on OSM (and

[Tagging] Buildings blocks

2015-03-11 Thread Severin Menard
Hi, I would like to know if putting building blocks in OSM should be avoided in all cases. I am currently teaching GIS students in Dakar that have ben required to digitize only building blocks on their area of study. Could this been done on OSM (and in that case how to tag it, as for landuse=resid