Key:abutters

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abutters


Description

For describing the predominant usage of land along a road or other way.

Group

Abutters

Element help

Can be attached on ways

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Usage

For describing the predominant usage of land along a road or other way. This could be used for rendering if landuse=* area information is not available, or for routing. For example a road marked abutters=residential is likely to be slower than one through open country.

This tag is useful when:

If you are very familiar with an area or can definitely recognise landuse from Yahoo imagery, the landuse=* tag can give better rendering results. Even in these circumstances, abutters can be marked in order to provide an exception to the general rule: for example, retail areas consisting of flats-above with retail fronting along a street in the middle of a predominantly residential area. It is also useful to specify abutters on highway=unclassified in urban contexts, to help distinguish them from rural contexts.

Current preset values in Potlatch are:

See also: landuse

Values

See below for values for the 'abutters' tag:



Key Value Element Comment Rendering Photo
abutters commercial Way predominantly office buildings, business parks, etc. Dscf1376-600.jpg
abutters industrial Way predominantly workshops, factories, warehouses Abutters-industrial.jpg
abutters mixed Way where there is no clear predominance, for example mixed shops and residences in an inner city ring
abutters residential Way predominantly houses and apartments Dscf1385-600.jpg
abutters retail Way predominantly shops
abutters user defined Node Way All commonly used values according to Tagwatch

This table is a wiki template with a default description in English. Editable here.

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