I was confused by the term "land lot." Obviously a cultural difference. Perhaps the proposal could give a more detailed description of what a "land lot" is.
Mike On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:01 PM, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com>wrote: > Wolfgang Zenker <wolfg...@lyxys.ka.sub.org> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> * Serge Wroclawski <emac...@gmail.com> [130918 00:53]: >> >>> 1. We do not map land lots in OSM, for reasons that have been >>> discussed many times. >> >> >> this might be a case of the UK and the US being separated by a common >> language. We are talking about allotments here, not parcels, which are >> something completely different. We DO map allotments in OSM since, well, >> a long time ago. Taking this to one more level of detail by going to >> individual plots is to much micromapping for my taste, but tastes are >> different ... >> >> 2. Even if we did, land lots do not talk about land use, which is what >>> landuse is for. >> >> >> Allotments are by definition cultivated >> gardens, so landuse=allotments >> is IMHO in the right place in tag space. The proposed plots would be a >> subdivision of the allotments area, so putting it in landuse MIGHT be ok. >> >> Wolfgang >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> > The equivalent American term is a "community garden". > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com > "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: > only light can do that. > Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." > Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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