[Tagging] new Key proposal: landcover

[Ralf Kleineisel]

On 08.10.2010 07:17, Stephen Hope wrote:
> On 8 October 2010 03:09, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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".
> 
> 
> As long as it is made clear that not all landuse= tags are actually
> landuse (or would we move them?)

I would not change existing tags which have been used for years on thousands
of objects. If we need additional tags that's fine.

But I think we can solve most of the problem without new tags by using a
combination of "landuse" and "surface".