Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 2:11 PM, "Christian Müller" wrote: > > Gesendet: Sonntag, 05. März 2017 um 20:22 Uhr > > Von: "Peter Barth" > > An: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" < > tagging@openstreetmap.org> > > Betref

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-05 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 5 Mar 2017, at 21:11, Christian Müller wrote: > > Strictly speaking, even a simple way is just that: > A relation of points. +1 it's the technical, abstract way in which relations are mostly presented to the mappers, that scares many of them, if this gets abstracted a

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-05 Thread Christian Müller
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 05. März 2017 um 20:22 Uhr > Von: "Peter Barth" > An: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > Betreff: Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings > > Mappers even screw up simple multipolygons all the time. Addendum: It's

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-05 Thread Christian Müller
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 05. März 2017 um 20:22 Uhr > Von: "Peter Barth" > An: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > Betreff: Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings > > > you're probably more than 10 years late with that and there had >

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-05 Thread Peter Barth
Hi Christian, "Christian Müller" schrieb: > I'm sure there is a lot of stuff in OSM where you could > trade code against a relation. But most of the time it > introduces dependencies: on caching [...] you're probably more than 10 years late with that and there had been many to suggest great new

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-04 Thread Christian Müller
> Gesendet: Samstag, 04. März 2017 um 21:21 Uhr > Von: "Tobias Knerr" > An: tagging@openstreetmap.org > Betreff: Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings > > And probably a few more. None of these requires relations. I'm sure there is a lot of stuff in OSM whe

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-04 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 04.03.2017 18:05, "Christian Müller" wrote: Thanks for the examples and conclusion given. This is a strong reason to demand its usage in wiki docs and IMO we should even suggest their usage generally, regardless of the construction site's complexity. Situations complex enough to require typ

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-04 Thread Christian Müller
> Gesendet: Samstag, 04. März 2017 um 10:17 Uhr > Von: "Martin Koppenhoefer" > An: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > Betreff: Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings > > So no, the building relations to group building:parts are not strictl

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-04 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 3 Mar 2017, at 23:04, Christian Müller wrote: > > It may be redundant, but it's far from useless. it may seem redundant, and if you assume construction sites to be unique for a certain piece of land you would be right, but there are exceptions. There are really build

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-03 Thread Christian Müller
> Gesendet: Freitag, 03. März 2017 um 20:04 Uhr > Von: "Tobias Knerr" > An: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > Betreff: Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings > > The type=building relation is unnecessary [..] It may be redundant, but it&

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-03 Thread Christian Müller
> Gesendet: Freitag, 03. März 2017 um 03:36 Uhr > Von: "Kevin Kenny" > An: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > Betreff: Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings > > I'm hijacking the thread a bit here You do not, this list is claimed t

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-03 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 02.03.2017 17:19, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: do I understand you correctly, we use 1 way (or multipolygon) for every building:part plus 1 multipolygon relation with building=* as a fallback plus 1 type=building relation for every single building? We use one area for every building:part, plus

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-03 Thread Kevin Kenny
covered=yes is exactly what I was looking for, thanks! On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > 2017-03-03 14:36 GMT+01:00 Kevin Kenny : > >> Oops - I thought I'd copied and pasted the link, honest! >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/436809818 >> >> I'm not yet trying fo

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-03 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2017-03-03 14:36 GMT+01:00 Kevin Kenny : > Oops - I thought I'd copied and pasted the link, honest! > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/436809818 > > I'm not yet trying for 2.5d - without topography, that'll give quite odd > results. > you're already doing some 2.5d, the amount of building:level

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-03 Thread Kevin Kenny
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 4:10 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2017-03-03 3:36 GMT+01:00 Kevin Kenny : > >> On the campus of GE Research in Niskayuna, New York, there's a fairly >> substantial building that is on a bridge across a ravine. >> > a pointer to the osm object would maybe help to get mor

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-03 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2017-03-03 3:36 GMT+01:00 Kevin Kenny : > I'm hijacking the thread a bit here, but the discussion of "bridge > buildings" in Martin's message made me think of this: > > On the campus of GE Research in Niskayuna, New York, there's a fairly > substantial building that is on a bridge across a ravine.

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-02 Thread Kevin Kenny
I'm hijacking the thread a bit here, but the discussion of "bridge buildings" in Martin's message made me think of this: On the campus of GE Research in Niskayuna, New York, there's a fairly substantial building that is on a bridge across a ravine. >From the way it renders, I think that I've prob

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-02 Thread Christian Müller
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 02. März 2017 um 17:19 Uhr > Von: "Martin Koppenhoefer" > An: "Christian Müller" > Cc: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > Betreff: Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings > > do I understand you

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-02 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Thank you for the extensive answer. Here are some comments: 2017-03-02 15:24 GMT+01:00 "Christian Müller" : > I usually go for a mixture of 1.1. and 1.3., i.e. > > - use building:part for the architectural blocks the building is made of, > with building:min_height / building:min_level where appr

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-02 Thread Christian Müller
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 02. März 2017 um 14:09 Uhr > Von: "Martin Koppenhoefer" > An: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > Betreff: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings > > I have just started mapping according to the simple building scheme

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-02 Thread Christian Müller
Also note that there are some implications in 2d mapnik rendering. With the building outline we define and the mapnik rules that were set upto render everything highway=* _above_ anything else, the renderer _will_ overlap a building outline with a pedestrian area. Esp. when (highway=pedestrian ar

Re: [Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-02 Thread Christian Müller
ot of small detail that is hard to capture with the simple buildings proposal, you could still go for an external model, store the data elsewhere and mash it, like f4-map does.     Greetings   Gesendet: Donnerstag, 02. März 2017 um 14:09 Uhr Von: "Martin Koppenhoefer" An: "T

[Tagging] how to map simple buildings

2017-03-02 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
I have just started mapping according to the simple building scheme and have some questions to the more experienced mappers: A situation I meet very often are buildings consisting in several parts, e.g. often there are higher parts on the (flat) roof that are smaller than the rest. 1. Which repre