[OSM-newbies] Tags for small open areas in towns

[Cartinus]

On Monday 06 April 2009 01:39:09 Robert Neil wrote:
> Being very new to this, I was wondering what to use for small open areas in
> town.
>
> Happily use leisure=park for large formally designated areas and
> leisure=playground when appropriate.

OK

> I am thinking of the areas of grass about 40m x 40m mostly of interest to
> dog walkers.
>
> A thought for this is to use the proposed landuse=grass.

Sounds good.

> The other areas are about the same size but with 2 or 3 flower beds and a
> park bench.
>
> Would leisure=garden be appropriate (or is that for formal gardens)?

No that's not a garden. This problem comes up now and then. I think the 
problem is actually linguistic.  In Dutch we would call that a "plantsoen", 
but we use the Queen's English for tag names and I haven't found a single 
English word to describe something like that. Once upon a time there was a 
proposal for a tag for "random urban green space", but that went nowhere.

Most people either use leisure=park or they just don't map it.


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m.v.g.,
Cartinus