[Tagging] About new landuses and superiority of cascading tag schemes

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2014-07-25 17:02 GMT+02:00 Zecke <zeck at saeuferleber.de>:

> landuse=mine is an undefined Tag, so it is not clear what is meant here.
>


you mean it could be also landuse=yours? ;-)



> In case of underground mining I would agree to have it being a subtag of
> landuse=industrial, as the surface installations could be of a similar
> category. In case of surface mining however it is a characteristic of its
> own, which comes close to quarry. However furthermore I would prefer to
> have it the other way round, quarry being a special case of surface_mining:
>
> landuse=surface_mining
> resource=limestone, marble, sand (or whatever)
> (which implies a quarry)
>


Sounds OK, also for gravel pits (and other mining not under ground but
below water).
Thing is that quarry is a quite established value, so there is a low
probability of getting this re-done.

cheers,
Martin
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