I'm aware it can be done but not having used overpass turbo I wasn't sure exactly how. I concur it's probably best dug out by a programmer.
Cheerio John On 15 June 2016 at 12:54, Adam Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey John, > > Best initial source of information on the tags being used is, of course, > taginfo. It tracks all the tags used by all mappers across the planet - the > wiki has a page on it (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Taginfo). I > note that there are several taginfo sub-sites that limit the data down to > particular countries. There does not appear to be one there for Canada, but > it should be possible to have such a thing drawn together - that way, the > tags that StatsCan wants to see are the ones included. > > Overpass Turbo can run queries on the database for particular tag > combinations. Any way that has been tagged with Building = Yes could be > queried and the related Tourism / Amenity / Leisure / Etc tags stripped for > a reasonable list of related tags for Canadian buildings. This is probably > easier done via a programmer and the source OSM data rather than an online > tool, but it proves that it could be done. > > Adam > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 12:31 PM, john whelan <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> As a first step Stats would like to know the tags used when mapping >> buildings in Canada and the number of times used. This is to get an idea >> of what is already mapped and to see which values should be used when new >> tags are added. I looked at a small sample from Ottawa and noted 127 >> different tags on buildings including address tags. >> >> The other part of this is what is available under other tags than >> building. For example amenity=school etc. I suspect school, college and >> universities are fairly well mapped. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> >> >
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