With regards it being easier, it is if you don't opt to make it easier to
do otherwise at the outset.

For example, using iD, your last 4 tags applied appear each time you create
a new feature. You only need use house/shed/garage/farm_auxiliary once for
them to appear. In fact you have to do the same level of effort as to only
use building=yes.

In JOSM, there's a few ways to go to achieve the same or better

I guess the thing is whether this is a result by design or is it an
unintended consequence.

If its by design, then I would argue that the design could be improved.

If its an unintended consequence, then its just a matter of sorting it out.

Don't get me wrong, I think it great that there is a new task to focus the
local community.

Dave


On Sat 25 Jan 2020, 09:12 Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-ie, <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Tagging everything as houses without
> checking would be wrong.
>
> This way you damage data and turns
> building=house into duplicate of
> building=yes
>
> Please, do not make this kind of thing.
> 25 Jan 2020, 09:51 by [email protected]:
> > Since the majority of buildings are houses, you could mass tag them all
> as houses since that would be the least wrong tagging overall.
> >
> > On Sat, 25 Jan 2020, 08:48 Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-ie, <>
> [email protected]> > wrote:
> >
> >> It is typically much faster to add just
> >>  geometries. Maybe whoever was doing
> >>  this is not so interested in value of
> >>  building tag?
> >>
> >>  Or maybe a mistake was made somewhere?
> >>
> >>  25 Jan 2020, 09:43 by >> [email protected]>> :
> >>
> >>  > I'll rephrase the question.
> >>  >
> >>  > Why are these buildings being tagged with the least descriptive tag
> rather than utilising a more descriptive tag which can be easily done in
> approx 90% of cases from imagery?
> >>  >
> >>  > As I said, maybe I'm missing something here and there is a logical
> explanation as to why this is being done, I just can't see it.
> >>  >
> >>  > Dave
> >>  >
> >>  >
> >>  > On Sat 25 Jan 2020, 07:51 Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-ie, <> >>
> [email protected]>> > > wrote:
> >>  >
> >>  >> 24 Jan 2020, 23:05 by >> >> [email protected]>> >> :
> >>  >>
> >>  >>  > I'm wondering if there is something I'm missing here. Why are we
> not
> >>  >>  > tagging buildings with the correct tagging?
> >>  >>  >
> >>  >>  building=yes is correct
> >>  >>
> >>  >>  Adding specific building type is also
> >>  >>  correct and desirable, but mapping all
> >>  >>  buildings as building=yes is also correct
> >>  >>
> >>  >>  mapping just landuse=residential without
> >>  >>  mapping any buildings is also correct
> >>  >>  Similarly, mapping shops just with
> >>  >>  shop typeshop=convenience/supermarket/etc
> >>  >>  without specifying name=*, opening_hours=*
> >>  >>  and other similar tags is also correct.
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