[Tagging] Mountain Ranges

[Joseph Eisenberg]

Thanks for working on this. I had been meaning to reopen the proposal.

No need to introduce a new key. natural=mountain_range is fine, and has
been in use.

> To map:
> - as a node - centred on the area
> - a simple open way along hte
spine of the range

Yes, both of these are good. If a way is used it should follow the
natural=ridge ways. A natural=mountain_range will probably consist of
several ridges which meet at natural=saddle points.

> a closed way on the area of the range or a relation
> consisting of ways forming a closed area of the range.

These will be quite hard to define. Do you go all the way down into the
valley or plains till the land is flat? Or only surround the higher
elevations?

I’d recommend sticking with a linear way or node.
On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 8:25 AM Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> There appear to be 2 competing tags for use with mountain ranges.
> Neither have any wiki documentation!
>
>
> A) place=region, region=mountain_range
>
> Mostly relations with outer ways only.
>
>
> B) natural=mountain_range
>
> Again as relations - with outer ways and at least some with nodes
> representing peaks within the mountain range.
>
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> So .. to combine them into one and standardise the format?
>
> Introducing
>
> C) landform=mountain_range
>
>
> To map as a node - centred on the area, a simple open way along hte
> spine of the range, a closed way on the area of the range or a relation
> consisting of ways forming a closed are of the range.
>
>
> No entry of peaks, ridges etc as these will change with new entries, and
> can be forund by searching inside the area if the area is mapped.
>
> -----------------
>
> The new tag can run with the older tags so they will still exist while
> the new tag establishes itself.
>
>
> Well, what do you think?
>
>
>
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