Thanks all. In my current changeset (
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/12777484) I've gone with
landuse=residential for the whole parcel (at least wherever its extent is
obvious) and with leisure=garden, garden=residential, access=private for
the grounds.
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at
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
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.
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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
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.
