On Sat, 2012-01-07 at 18:00 -0800, Paul Norman wrote: > > From: Martijn van Exel [mailto:[email protected]] > > Subject: [Talk-us] Apartment buildings as place=hamlet > > > > Hi, > > > > Apartment buildings imported from GNIS appear as 'place=hamlet' in Salt > > Lake City (and quite possibly elsewhere). I think this is too much honor > > for 99% of apartment buildings. My guess is there was no way to > > distinguish these from other 'populated places' in the GNIS import - > > correct? > > > > My question is what to do with these? I don't want to delete them - they > > are valid geographical names. I am converting them into building > > outlines with name= wherever I can, but leaving the GNIS points in place > > for now. Any other suggestions? > > I tag these with landuse=residential name=* for the complex. > building=apartments or as applicable for the buildings.
Be careful to match the outline with other datasets. Going to the routable centerline of the highway is definitely not optimal: 1) Landuse doesn't overlap the highway. 2) Maintainability when areas overlap highways just plain sucks.
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