Be careful what you wish for! Here is a list of around 370 other feature types that you will change the meaning of, if areas are always assumed to be property outlines and not building outlines.
https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=building_area&type= <https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=building_area&type=> That’s a lot of cleanup challenges... AFAIK (from memory) the notable exceptions are schools/universities, hospitals, gas stations, and power substations. (Just to make sure we’re scoping the discussion properly, this is for POI kinds of features, not stuff like `landuse=*` or `natural=*`) > On Sep 29, 2017, at 11:02 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > sent from a phone > >> On 29. Sep 2017, at 16:50, Bryan Housel <br...@7thposition.com> wrote: >> >> So if we collectively decide to change `tourism=*` tags to be property >> outlines (like hospitals and schools), > > > +1, I’d see it like this for all “functions”, regardless of the key (amenity, > man_made, tourism, shop, historic, etc.) > > > cheers, > Martin > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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