[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Rejected - shrubbery V2

[Warin]

On 18/8/21 3:53 pm, osm.tagging at thorsten.engler.id.au wrote:
>
> As someone who fruitlessly searched for a documented solution other 
> than natural=scrub for these types of features when I started mapping 
> them some years ago, I applaud you moving forward with this.
>
> At the same time, my personal motivation and payoff for mapping is to 
> see the result of it on a map (which for me generally means the 
> default render on https://www.openstreetmap.org/ 
> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/> ), so it is with some dismay that I 
> see the chosen solution being in the natural=* key, not because I 
> fundamentally disagree with that, but because it will prevent me from 
> simply double tagging these features until such time as the renderer 
> accepts the new tagging.
>
> This leaves me with the situation that I’ll probably end up continuing 
> to map such features as natural=scrub, in a blatant case of “mapping 
> for the renderer”, as the alternative is that I’ll not find the 
> motivation to map them at all.
>

There is always an alternative.

As the two tags are mutually exclusive .. create 2 entries - one tagged 
for the render the other tagged for truth.

I'd place a common comment on both of them to explain the situation to 
any mapper that comes across it.

Why 'common' .. so they can be searched for and, when the renders take 
action, the tag for the render can be removed.

> Nonetheless, I’m grateful for tackling this issue and all the effort 
> you’ve put into your 2 proposals.
>
>

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