2010/9/8 John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com>: > One point of clarification: "mobile home", in US usage, refers to a > prefabricated structure that, while it can be towed by a large truck, is too > large to be towed by an ordinary car or most (perhaps all) pickup trucks. > Many of them are mobile only during the initial installation, and never move > again for the life of the structure. They are derived from, but considerably > larger than, the camping trailers designed to be towed behind an ordinary > vehicle (what, in British terms, would be a caravan). In recent years, > "manufactured homes" have also been developed. These are structures that > look more like a conventional house, made of two or three sections the width > of mobile homes, so that they can be transported over roadways. The sections > are then placed on a shared foundation, joined together, and never move again.
OK, I see, this is about construction then, not in the first place about typology (which would be single detached house). There are also in Europe all kinds of prefabricated houses, ranging from single detached to highrise apartment buildings (and of course office buildings, buildings which are partly prefabricated, etc.). I suggest to keep typology and construction in separate tags. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
