Key:abutters

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Public-images-osm logo.svg abutters
Reihenhäuser Bonifatiusstr.jpg
Description
For describing the predominant usage of land along a road or other way. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: landuse
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesmay be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Status: de facto

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

Usage

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:

  • You are just passing through an area;
  • You are not familiar with an area; and/or
  • You do not have aerial imagery for the area you're editing.

If you are very familiar with an area or can definitely recognise landuse from the aerial 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:

  • commercial - offices and small businesses
  • industrial - includes light industry
  • mixed
  • residential
  • retail - shops

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 Taginfo

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