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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon vvoovv

Not all buildsings importing

Open happyendingioan opened this issue 2 years ago • 7 comments

I'm quite new to this plug-ing so excuse me if I'm doing something wrong. Not all buildings seem to be importing for me. I'm getting all large building and some large blocks of small residential buildings importing but others just dont import. All roads and eveything else import though.

I'm importing a suburban area of Plymouth UK at the moment

happyendingioan avatar Aug 02 '22 16:08 happyendingioan

Hi @happyendingioan

Sorry for the delay with the reply. May I know the coordinates of your area of interest? If you prefer to keep them private, you can send them to [email protected]

vvoovv avatar Aug 04 '22 09:08 vvoovv

Hi there, 

Thanks for getting back to me. Is this helpful? 

https://osm.org/go/eun3AXP?layers=Y&way=401207894

happyendingioan avatar Aug 04 '22 10:08 happyendingioan

I removed the private information (a signature, etc) from your reply. Please reply directly on Github to not expose your private information.

Is your area of interest marked with orange line on the screenshot below?

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vvoovv avatar Aug 04 '22 10:08 vvoovv

No, but that is the centre focus. I need to create a 3D map of the surrounding 10K or so.

All the large commercial buildings import and some of the residential buildings but most of the residential buildings don't import. Are there settings I can tweak to be able to bring them in, or is it just a limitation?

happyendingioan avatar Aug 04 '22 10:08 happyendingioan

Those buildings aren't simply available in the OpenStreetMap database. The buildings available in the OpenStreetMap database can be seen at https://osm.org. Please note that OpenStreetMap is a wiki-alike projects with contributions from thousands of volunteers.

It's quite easy to start editing OpenStreetMap. Zoom to your area of interest at https://osm.org. Press the "Edit" tab. An interactive tutorial will be offered. After completing the tutorial, one can proceed to map editing.

vvoovv avatar Aug 04 '22 12:08 vvoovv

Ah, I see. So if I add the buildings to OSM using the edit tools, they will import for me any anyone else in future?

happyendingioan avatar Aug 05 '22 09:08 happyendingioan

Yes, the buildings will be available for everyone.

I'd recommend to add the following tags for each building footprint:

  • building:levels (for the maximum number of storeys)
  • roof:shape with possible values flat (the default roof shape), hipped, gabled, dome, pyramidal

vvoovv avatar Aug 05 '22 11:08 vvoovv