> "Own front door" to the street, or onto the corridor ie one front door servicing multiple "units"?
Own front door to your unit, I think. > Isn't this tag doing the same as rooms: under the hotel tag? Yes. Actually https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dapartment recommends "number_of_apartments=* the number of holiday apartments in the building" which also is the same thing as building:flats. Same concept for student accommodation/dormitories https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Student_accommodation_building On 6 August 2018 at 08:03, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 5 August 2018 at 19:22, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harv...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Terminology does seem to vary around the world with apartment, flat, unit >> all being interchangeable, I see the building:flats tag as the number of >> self-contained residential units (where a unit has it's own front door, >> kitchen, toilet (room) and bathroom). >> > > "Own front door" to the street, or onto the corridor ie one front door > servicing multiple "units"? > > Isn't this tag doing the same as rooms: under the hotel tag? > > >> I wouldn't recommend building:flats=1 on a house, according to the wiki >> house is already "A single dwelling unit usually inhabited by one family." >> > > I agree it shouldn't be on "normal" houses, but what about granny flats? > (which I admit would be almost impossible to map from the street, or an > aerial view) [Translation in case it's only an Australian term? A granny > flat is a self-contained flat, sometimes inside the house, sometimes as a > separate, small, free-standing building in the backyard where "Grandma" > lives] > > > Thanks > > Graeme > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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