[Tagging] new Key proposal: landcover

[Nathan Edgars II]

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:09 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> I know we already talked about this, but actually no actions followed ;-)
>
> What is the current feeling for a new key "landcover"? Could resolve
> many issues, as often landuse is a mixture of actual "use" and
> "coverage".

I like it. Presumably it's to be precise - you draw only the area
that's covered by said landcover, as opposed to landuse which can
include small amounts of others within its boundaries. The following
landuse values should then be landcover:
*basin (probably)
*forest (most uses, but some such as national forests should remain landuse)
*grass
*meadow
*orchard
*reservoir
and possibly others. I would go further and have landuse=agricultural
with the current landuse values like farm and greenhouse_horticulture
changed to landcover.