[Tagging] new Key proposal: landcover

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/10/7 Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com>:
> 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.


+1



The following
> landuse values should then be landcover:
> *basin (probably)


no, that should be water


> *forest (most uses, but some such as national forests should remain landuse)


no, I would make this tree. Use landuse=forest for what you want to describe


> *grass


+1


> *meadow


no, that's grass


> *orchard


no


> *reservoir


no, that's water


I think there is a misconception here: I don't want to abolish
landuse, I want to add landcover additionally to describe the actual
physical landcover.

If there is for example
landuse (or natural) = beach
landcover could be sand or rock or pebbles

cheers,
Martin