[Tagging] geology taggin?

Morten Kjeldgaard mok at bioxray.dk
Sat Nov 13 11:04:18 GMT 2010


On 13/11/2010, at 09.27, John Smith wrote:

> On 13 November 2010 15:38, Morten Kjeldgaard <mok at bioxray.dk> wrote:
>> Yes, the landcover tag would be very useful in many instances, and  
>> quite
>> orthogonal to landuse. Are you going to write a proposal for it,  
>> Martin?
>
> surface=* is currently used to denote the landcover information.

Yes, for example surface=trees. Not very satisfactory is it? The  
landcover tag is necessary to bring OSM the next step along in  
development, and enables a detailed description for example useful in  
science and planning, vis-à-vis the multiple layers idea of Frederik  
Ramm.

-- Morten




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