On 09.02.2015 16:01, Stephen Gower wrote: > Here in Oxford (where we have many examples of named quadrangles/courtyards) > I see examples where they are tagged as highway=footway areas (e.g. > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/301895528 ) but more often the central > section of lawn has been named (e.g. > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/228244550 ) > > In reality, it is neither the paving or the lawn that is the named feature, > it's the architectual feature containing these and itself bounded by the > buildings (although in the case of cloistered courtyards, the covered > arcades around the edge are arguably both part of the building and the > courtyard). I support creation of a tag for more consistantly marking these > named features, but I have no idea where in the tagging structure it is > best placed (building/landuse/amenity/etc all have their problems).
I had essentially the same thoughts. (That's why I started this discussion.) I'm now in favour of man_made=courtyard, because it is man made (as opposed to natural) without doubt, and it is similar to man_made=cutline. Both cutlines and courtyards are intentionally empty spaces, and both are only defined by their sourroundings. man_made=courtyard does not conflict with other tags. It can be combined with leisure=*, landuse=* etc., and I can't imagine any other man_made=* feature that is congruent with a courtyard. -- Friedrich K. Volkmann http://www.volki.at/ Adr.: Davidgasse 76-80/14/10, 1100 Wien, Austria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
