Philip Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > In the UK many premiere inns are converted office buildings. > > How does one go about mapping a row of terraced houses, where a single > building will contain 20 our so houses, often with a corner shop at > the end? I would have drawn each house to maintain numbering, is that > the correct way? > > Phil > -- > > Sent from my Nokia N9 > > > > On 02/01/2013 10:16 Simone Saviolo wrote: > > 2013/1/2 Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> > > 2013/1/2 Simone Saviolo <[email protected]>: > > > What you are trying to tag is the > > *use* of the building, and not a property of the building per se. > Unless > > it's a mall, a retail store's interior is not structurally different > from an > > office space or apartments - it could be converted, in fact. > > > > well, true and not. [...] > > > I agree, what I said is not universally true. However, often those > "mixed-use" buildings feature units that can be easily converted. In > Italy for instance it is common to find apartments used as offices for > small companies, and shops in the floor level of a building that could > be converted to an apartment (I know because I did). While the use > change doesn't happen at the blink of an eye, and you usually have to > obtain permits to do that, I fail to see what makes those rooms a > residential or a commercial building - especially considering, as you > said, that "commercial" and "residential" may mean a lot of different > things. > > > Regards, > > > Simone > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
Newer urban designs in the USA often feature a mix of retail, office, restaurants, and residential units in the same multi-story building, as a way of encouraging more foot traffic vs. having to use vehicles for everyday activities. There is also a long tradition of new, small churches being located in converted retail buildings until they can afford to build space specifically designed as a church. -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria
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