Key:abutters

abutters
Description
For describing the predominant usage of land along a road or other way. 
Group: Landuse
Used on these elements
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 predominantly office buildings, business parks, etc.
abutters industrial predominantly workshops, factories, warehouses
abutters mixed where there is no clear predominance, for example mixed shops and residences in an inner city ring
abutters residential predominantly houses and apartments
abutters retail predominantly shops
abutters user defined All commonly used values according to Taginfo

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