[Tagging] type=* tags on trees

[Anne-Karoline Distel]

Having just tagged about 500 trees myself with the genus and genus:en
tags, I agree with your suggestion that they should be tagged according
to the established schemes.

I also agree with the difficulty about landuse=forest and natural=wood.

Cheers,

Anne

On 18/08/2021 19:36, Casper Kersten wrote:
>
> Dear readers of the Tagging mailing list,
>
> I discovered that there are over 36,000 trees tagged with type=*, a
> tag that is normally reserved for relations. After checking the tags
> in JOSM, I found that many different tags are duplicates of approved
> or de facto tagging schemes.
>
> Some examples:
>
> type=Ahorn - 200 uses - should be genus:de=Ahorn
>
> type=broad_leaf - 18 uses - should be leaf_type=broadleaved
>
> type=broadleaved - 132 uses - should be leaf_type=broadleaved
>
> type=deciduous - 85 uses - should be leaf_cycle=deciduous
>
> type=Eiche - 261 uses - should be genus:de=Eiche
>
> type=eucalyptus tree - 22 uses - should be genus=Eucalyptus
>
> type=evergreen - 159 uses - should be leaf_cycle=evergreen
>
> type=Lime - 49 uses - should be genus:en=Lime
>
> type=needleleaved - 33 uses - should be leaf_type=needleleaved
>
> type=Oak - 22 uses - should be genus:en=Oak
>
> type=oak - 87 uses - should be genus:en=Oak
>
> type=pine - 54 uses - should be genus:en=Pine
>
> etc.
>
> I propose to retag many of the type=* tags on trees to other common
> tagging schemes with sparse editing in JOSM in a single changeset. I
> am familiar with the tagging schemes and I am experienced with sparse
> editing in JOSM. Of course, only tags of which we can be sure will be
> changed.
>
> A very similar issue exists with other nodes and ways that are related
> to vegetation, such as landuse=forest and natural=wood. I suggest
> addressing this at a later moment with the experience of the current
> topic.
>
> I do not propose to translate any genus:de and genus:en tags to
> genus=*, because in my opinion this topic deserves a separate discussion.
>
> I do not propose to retag type=palm, which is used on about 31,000
> trees, also because in my opinion this topic deserves a separate
> discussion. I would like to focus on the other type=* tags on trees.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Casper (Friendly_Ghost)
>
> P.s. My https://overpass-turbo.eu/ <https://overpass-turbo.eu/> query
> for reference:
>
> [out:xml][timeout:600];
>
> node["natural"="tree"]["type"];
>
> (._;>;);
>
> out meta;
>
>
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