How to Find Residential Buildings Using Overpass-Turbo

openstreetmapoverpass-apiresidential

I am looking to find all residential buildings with overpass-turbo.eu.
I am trying to use the following query:

way
  ["building"~"residential|house|terrace|detached|apartments"]
  ({{bbox}});
(._;>;);
out;

However, not many residential buildings are found in this way.

Which tags should be used to find the buildings through overpass-turbo, which may be multi-use but also residential (residential and commercial, or residential and retail…)?

Best Answer

Not all buildings have a corresponding typology tag. Many are just tagged with building=yes (currently 81% of all buildings). Some might have an additional building:use=residential tag.

Remember that the OSM database is primarily populated by volunteers. Some are too "lazy" to enter the building topologies, others just don't know or care about it. Feel free to improve the situation by contributing to OSM.

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