[Tagging] What exactly is a greenfield?

[Nathan Edgars II]

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:11 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> actually I put brownfield because there is already a building (seems
> to fit to the wiki definition), but I'm not sufficiently familiar with
> anglo-saxon construction terminology to decide whether this is the
> right term in this context.

I believe brownfield has the connotation of something substantial
having been there, like a military base or factory, that needs to be
cleaned up first.