[Tagging] landuse=residential in rural areas

2012-08-17 Thread David Fisher
Hi all, I'm currently entering some survey data from my summer holiday (in rural England). Living in a city, tagging landuse=residential is straightfoward; but in the countryside houses often have large grounds attached to them, and even fields. In particular there are quite a few rows of

Re: [Tagging] landuse=residential in rural areas

2012-08-17 Thread John Sturdy
I'd include houses' gardens in the residential land use area associated with the houses --- if they're large rural gardens, it helps to distinguish them from fields. __John ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] landuse=residential in rural areas

2012-08-17 Thread Greg Troxel
In built-up areas, almost all land is used. straightfoward; but in the countryside houses often have large grounds attached to them, and even fields. In particular there are quite a few I think the question is if the lot that the house is on (assuming lots in England work like lots in the

Re: [Tagging] landuse=residential in rural areas

2012-08-17 Thread David ``Smith''
As others have said, I usually tag the entire parcel, as long as it's not used for farming. I'd somewhat like a way to tag low-density rural residential land-use, but as it is I think the absence of a thick network of residential streets is a decent clue that one isn't looking at a built-up area.

Re: [Tagging] on the name of a tag for landcover

2012-08-17 Thread Philip Barnes
On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 16:11 -0500, John F. Eldredge wrote: Yes, if animals are intended to graze on the grass, if the grass will be harvested for use as fodder (what my earlier message termed a hay field), or if sod will subsequently be transplanted elsewhere (a sod farm), then the grass

Re: [Tagging] on the name of a tag for landcover

2012-08-17 Thread John F. Eldredge
Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 16:11 -0500, John F. Eldredge wrote: Yes, if animals are intended to graze on the grass, if the grass will be harvested for use as fodder (what my earlier message termed a hay field), or if sod will subsequently be