[Tagging] Oil Spill Tagging

[Alex Wardle]

I agree, I don't think that an oil spill should be mapped. And the
landuse=cemetery is certainly just vandalism.

On -10/01/37 20:59, Simone Saviolo wrote:
> 2010/7/15 Steve Doerr <steve.doerr at blueyonder.co.uk>:
>> I see that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
>> (<http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/66538123>) is tagged as:
>>
>> hazard = oilspill
>> landuse = cemetery
>> name = oilspill
>>
>> Is this correct tagging for such a feature, or should it be considered
>> vandalism?
> 
> My humble opinion is that:
> - the oilspill is not a permanent feature. Heck, even rivers are not:
> the natural=water area can change in a few weeks sometimes, the
> oilspill and the polluted area are constantly moving.
> - name=oilspill is totally useless.
> - landuse=cemetery is plain ridiculous.
> 
> I think I can conclude that the element is vandalism. Maybe a
> benevolent sort of vandalism, but still.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Simone
> 
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