[Tagging] land cover/surface=* tagging Re: Landuse border alignment

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/5/15 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> On 15 May 2010 11:30, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> yes, we should. Most of them are already present in "nature".
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface


the thing is: the amount of different values makes it already hard to
actually use these e.g. in bicycle-routing (there is x types of paving
stones, ...). When this started there were only 2-3 values: paved,
unpaved and cobblestone. Untill now there are 22 different values. If
we add another 100 landscape-surface values, and people add those to
highways, it will be even harder.

the ones usually used for non-highways are these (probably to be extended):
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Natural

cheers,
Martin