[Tagging] Planters

[Johan Jönsson]

Andy Carter <osm at ...> writes:

> Planters are very common (in the UK at least) in town precincts, streets and 
> parks. 
> 
> My feeling is that they should be included in OSM for much the same reason 
as 
> barriers or bollards. 
> 
> Most are made of brick, concrete or similar and permanent features of the 
> landscape/streetscape - at least until major works are undertaken in the 
area. 
> 
> I don't think that small moveable planters should be considered at all.
> 
> I have been unable to find any suitable tags so would appreciate any thought 
or 
> opinions.
> 
> The area in question relates to Market Hill, Brandon, Suffolk
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.447109&lon=0.624782&zoom=18&layers=M
> 
> Images of the planters in can be seen in the initial image on 
> 
> ...
> and the first two rows on
> 
> http://www.brandonsuffolk.com/photos_photo-tour-of-brandon-suffolk.asp
> 

Good idea!
I had to check up on the word "planter"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planter
Seems absolute spot on as a large flower-pot used as decoration or as a 
barrier. Since we do not have a key for this kind of less noticeable 
decorations (as I know of) lets use barrier.

barrier=planter

Just start using it, but to keep the gods of bureaucracy mellow I think a 
proposal page could be in place too. 
There were a large runner-up of new barriers for a year ago at 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/New_barrier_types
 Maybe we can start a proposal on "even more barrier_types".

Alternative:
A planter, especially the ones built in bricks from the ground is quite 
similar to a flower bed in a park/garden. Maybe one could think of something 
like man_made=flower_bed/planter