[Tagging] Nature reserves

[Nathan Edgars II]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:01 AM, Andre Engels <andreengels at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I see that leisure=nature_reserve is now rendered "transparently"
>> (example: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.7687&lon=-81.4594&zoom=12&layers=M).
>> Does this mean that there should be another landuse-type tag on it as
>> well? It looks kind of silly to have the unorganized conservation
>> lands render as solid light green, but the organized nature reserve
>> have simply the letters NR.
>
> Not 'should', but definitely 'can'. You can specify that the reserve
> or part of it is wood, heath, grass etcetera.

But the same (adding landcover information) also applies to
conservation and parks, which are still rendered as solid fills. What
was the reason for the change?