[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Dehesa

[dcapillae]

Hi!

Daniel, from Spain.

Thank you very much for your comments. I didn't know much about "dehesas"
and I'm learning by reading your comments on this mailing list and on the
wiki [1]. (I also didn't know the tag "landuse=meadow_orchard".
Interesting!)

A "dehesa" is not a "landuse=farmland". Nor is it a "landuse=forest" or a
"landuse=meadow". On the ground, they don't look like one thing or the
other. They are a curious combination of pastureland and Mediterranean
forest. I think this type of land use is specific enough and needs to be
specifically tagged. Of course, I don't think "landuse=dehesa" is
appropriate. It would be too specific, too local.

I think the generic (not specific) value for this type of land use could be
"landuse=agroforestry": "Agroforestry is a land use management system in
which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland." [2]

It could be combined with "landuse=agroforestry" + "agroforestry=dehesa", or
"landuse=agroforestry" + "agroforestry:type=dehesa" to indicate the specific
local modality. Which option would be better? (You probably have more
experience at this point than I do.)

Thanks to Diego for this proposal. Some time ago, the Spanish community
discussed how to map a "dehesa". The conclusion was... No idea! There are no
suitable tags! As I told you at the beginning, I don't know much about this
subject and I don't have a well-defined opinion (I don't know what the best
solution is). This comment is rather the impression I get after reading all
your comments.

I think that this proposal could be used not only to solve the question of
how to map a "dehesa" but also to create a new land use
("landuse=agroforestry" or another one) that offers a solution both for
mapping "dehesas" and for mapping other similar land uses under a common
tagging scheme.

Thank you again for your comments. I'll continue reading to you.

Greetings from Spain.

Regards,
Daniel

[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Dehesa
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry



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