Thanks everybody for your comments, but, to me, none of them really seem to cover the situation, although stilts=yes seems to come closest, although it also sounds rather strange!
Going back to my OP, I notice that I mentioned tagging the area as level=1, thinking about it, maybe that should be layer=1? Thanks Graeme On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 08:34, LeTopographeFou <letopographe...@gmail.com> wrote: > The issue with building=stilt_house is that two things are mixed in one > key. I would prefer stilts=yes (2945 occurences) + building=* or place=* > or highway=* or even landuse=* for a full redidential area. > > LeTopographeFou > > Le 25/11/2020 à 09:59, Alan Mackie a écrit : > > This probably isn't too far off from many of the larger man_made=pier > structures in resort towns, although it lacks the water underneath most of > the time. Would man_made=bridge be appropriate for the surrounding area? > > I think this is becomming fairly common in some flood prone areas, so > dedicated tagging seems like a good idea, both for the usually dry > situation, and for buildings that sit over water but don't even have > vestigial mooring areas. > > The wiki lists building=stilt_house, but this seems overly specific. > Whether a building is tagged as being on stilts should be independent of > building use IMO. Regardless in this case min_level=1 seems about right to > me to denote the absence of a ground floor. > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dpier > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dstilt_house > > -Alan > > On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 at 06:34, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging < > tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > >> add location=overhead on buildings and other objects? >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:location >> >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:min_level >> >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:levels#Buildings_with_parts_that_don.27t_start_at_ground_level >> (not sure can it be applied if entire building starts above ground level) >> >> Certainly add also description=* tag with info what is happening here, >> maybe with link to this mailing list thread. >> >> >> Nov 25, 2020, 01:00 by graemefi...@gmail.com: >> >> How do you tag an area, in this case an entire housing estate!, that is >> raised up above ground level? >> >> >> https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-28.065772,153.3799853,3a,15y,117.51h,89.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sN_TJvFHJyLff1E4GmiCSjQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en >> (with the usual not mapping from Google ...) >> >> Just draw the outline of the area & tag it as level=1? >> >> The main entry is via a bridge: >> https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-28.0673717,153.3800556,3a,23.4y,28.84h,87.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBF_8z5ekricuuEFZnUJioQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en >> , >> which is ok, but should all the internal roads also be marked as bridges? >> >> Thanks >> >> Graeme >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing > listTagging@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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