Re: [Tagging] Consolidating tags for building attributes

2013-10-08 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 08/ott/2013 um 01:58 schrieb SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk: Er, what? https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/One_feature,_one_OSM_element +1, that's exactly the reason. A building is not the same feature as the business occupying it. cheers,

Re: [Tagging] Consolidating tags for building attributes

2013-10-08 Thread Pieren
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer Er, what? https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/One_feature,_one_OSM_element +1, that's exactly the reason. A building is not the same feature as the business occupying it. Cool down, Martin. Amenity (or shop or whatever) reusing the building

Re: [Tagging] Consolidating tags for building attributes

2013-10-08 Thread Vincent Pottier
Le 08/10/2013 10:21, Pieren a écrit : On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer Er, what? https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/One_feature,_one_OSM_element +1, that's exactly the reason. A building is not the same feature as the business occupying it. Cool down, Martin. Amenity (or

Re: [Tagging] Consolidating tags for building attributes

2013-10-08 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/10/8 Pieren pier...@gmail.com Cool down, Martin. I am cooled down ;-) Amenity (or shop or whatever) reusing the building polygon is common practice. yes, it is common practice, and it is a shortcut that works at least as long as there are only very few attributes, but there are

Re: [Tagging] Consolidating tags for building attributes

2013-10-08 Thread Pieren
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer If you put a tag wikipedia to a building like this, will it refer to the building or to the amenity? Yep but ... buildings with dedicated wikipedia articles or names are the exception. There is also a disadvantage to draw the same polygon

Re: [Tagging] Consolidating tags for building attributes

2013-10-07 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/8/23 Vivien Deparday vivien.depar...@gmail.com Case C: For building usage, building= building:use= I am not sure what is the best between these two or do they have different goal/usage? building= seem to be a mix of usage, amenity type, structure type. building:use is for the

Re: [Tagging] Consolidating tags for building attributes

2013-10-07 Thread fly
On 07.10.2013 22:39, Vivien Deparday wrote: Thank you Tobias (sorry for the late answer), that is very useful feedback and pretty much exactly in line with our thinking on all the cases which is great. For B, we are actually also using plaster as one of the values as the values are recorded by

Re: [Tagging] Consolidating tags for building attributes

2013-10-07 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 08/ott/2013 um 00:48 schrieb fly lowfligh...@googlemail.com: Think your values would fit with simple operator=* and if you want to separate the operator of the building from the operator of the amenity I think operator:amenity would be better you should not use amenity and building

Re: [Tagging] Consolidating tags for building attributes

2013-10-07 Thread Tod Fitch
I don't see the use of multipolygon relations in this manor in the wiki. Nor have I noticed it in use in the areas that I have edited. Nor do I recall answers suggesting using multiple multipoloygons on the help site. Is this a common technique that I have somehow missed? Thanks! Tod -- Sent

Re: [Tagging] Consolidating tags for building attributes

2013-10-07 Thread SomeoneElse
Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: you should not use amenity and building on the same object Er, what? https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/One_feature,_one_OSM_element https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/One_feature,_one_OSM_element Cheers, Andy ___

[Tagging] Consolidating tags for building attributes

2013-08-23 Thread Vivien Deparday
Hi all, The OpenDRI project has been doing some work in Nepal and Sri Lanka to trace building footprints and to enter attribute data about the buildings. We are looking to get feedback from the tagging and HOT mailing list on the building presets that we are using and we would like to consolidate

Re: [Tagging] Consolidating tags for building attributes

2013-08-23 Thread Tobias Knerr
Hello Vivien, I develop a 3D renderer working with OSM data, so I will look at your questions based on that background. Case A: roof:material vs. building:roof The preferred key from 3D rendering documentation is roof:material because, as you guessed, it clearly differentiates this attribute