[Tagging] [OSM-talk] Proposed mechanical edit: surface=soil to surface=dirt

[moltonel 3x Combo]

On 01/09/2015, Friedrich Volkmann <bsd at volki.at> wrote:
> Soil is not dirt. That's why I have used surface=soil myself, and I
> will revert any automated edit of such kind.

I agree that soil and dirt are different, and that the mechanical edit
should not proceed as originaly planned.

But as a user of surface=soil, could you tell me what difference you
see between soil and earth (from an osm POV) ? To me, those two are
actual osm synonyms, but 'earth' is documented and 55x more popular.