Can we figure out building type using some other dataset?

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Bellingham, WA building footprint + addresses USE THIS INSTEAD: https://github.com/osmlab/Bellingham-Bldg-Addr

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Can we figure out building type using some other dataset? #6

Closed almccon closed 8 years ago

almccon commented 8 years ago

For the LA buildings import we joined the building footprints with some data from the county assessor, that allowed us to figure out the type of building, so we could be more specific than building=yes. See here and here for some of the discussion about LA.

I haven't checked the Bellingham GIS data to see if there anything similar we can use. If someone wants to do that research, that would be super helpful.

almccon commented 8 years ago

Using the data in the building dataset itself, we can extract at least a few building types. Specifically:

building=yes, or:

building=house if BLDGTYPE=HOUSE
building=residential if BLDGTYPE=DUPLX
building=public if TYPE=PUBLIC
building=static_caravan if TYPE=TRAILER
man_made=storage_tank if TYPE=RESERVOIR

I think this is good enough for now.