[Tagging] new Key proposal: landcover

[Colin Smale]

  Could this not be collapsed into with "surface=*"? If not, what would 
be the relationship/difference between "surface" and "landcover"?

On 07/10/2010 19:09, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer 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".
> Seems like there is already landcover=tree in the database:
> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/keys/landcover
>
> other values might be
>
> * sand
> * asphalt
> * grass
> * scrubs
> * rock
> * ice
> * lichen
>
> <add your proposed values here>
>
> cheers,
> Martin
>
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