[OSM-newbies] Tagging open rambling land

[Mike Harris]

In England and Wales (I don't know about IoM) it would make sense to use the official designation, i.e. boundary=access_land.

Mike Harris
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Karran [mailto:dan at karran.net] 
> Sent: 11 September 2009 12:25
> To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Tagging open rambling land
> 
> 2009/9/10 Craig Wallace <craigw84 at fastmail.fm>:
> > 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?
> 
> Using a boundary tag makes sense I think, and yes, I'd say it 
> was similar to the idea of a national park but not officially 
> the same.
> I've gone with boundary=rambling_land for now, until 
> something better comes along. I'd just love to see it 
> rendered to fill those big gaps
> ;)
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Dan
> 
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