[OSM-newbies] Tagging open rambling land

[Craig Wallace]

On 10/09/2009 22:29, Dan Karran wrote:
> I've got a question about tagging... The area[1] in the middle of the
> Isle of Man has a large amount of rambling land that's open to the
> public, I think covered mostly with heather, gorse and other sorts of
> low level vegetation[2]. Does anyone have some tips on how it would
> best be tagged? I've tagged it as natural=fell for now, but it may not
> be the most suitable.
>    
I think it should have some sort of boundary tag. See 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:boundary

It lists boundary=national_park - I think this is kind of similar, in 
that it is an area of land, with designated access rights etc.
But its not a national park. boundary=public_land_open_to_ramblage is a 
bit longwinded, is there an shorter official name, or abbreviation?
Or maybe a more generic/international name, eg boundary=access_land?

And within this area for the boundary, different parts can be tagged as 
areas with natural/landuse tags as appropriate. eg some areas may be 
natural=fell, some natural=water, natural=wood etc

Craig