[Tagging] Draft: landuse=open_defecation vs landcover=open_defecation vs open_defecation=yes

Rory McCann rory at technomancy.org
Tue Sep 24 14:07:31 UTC 2019


On 23/09/2019 18:38, Bob Kerr via Tagging wrote:
> However I came across landcover
> 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Landcover
> 
> landcover=open_defecation
> 
> Which I think is more appropriate because that is what it is, it is not 
> an officially sanctioned landuse.

To me, `landcover=open_defecation` implies that the whole area is 
covered in feces, with no gaps. And I'm pretty sure there's very few 
areas that bad (right?). To me, `landuse` is how the land is *used*, 
regardless if it's "official" or not, and hence it's better.




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