[Tagging] Should pastures be tagged landuse=meadow or landuse=farmland?

[Zeke Farwell]

It sounds like the general consensus is that the previous state of the wiki
was preferable and the changes should be rolled back.  I'll do that later
today unless any dissenting opinions are posted.

There have been a number of references to landuse=grassland in this thread,
but that tag has very little use
<https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/landuse=grassland> and is listed as
a possible mistake on the natural=grassland wiki page
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dgrassland>.  From
context I'm assuming natural=grassland is the actual tag being discussed
here, but it's rather confusing since another popular tag for grassy areas
is landuse=grass <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dgrass>.


On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 8:12 AM Peter Elderson <pelderson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Farming includes crops and hay and cattle. It is strange to narrow that
> down just for OSM.
>
> Actual tagging and the (old) wiki reflects both views (descriptive). The
> altered wiki tries to implement one view (prescriptive).
>
> While I disagree with the view that farmland means crops, excluding hay
> and cattle, I think it's alright to use this as a localized tagging rule if
> it fits the country.
>
> Equally, it's alright for a country community to decide that all farmland
> is landuse=farmland, until a more specific specification is applied. Would
> be appropriate to add landuse=agriculture then.
>
> Personally, most of the time I would not specify the specific type of
> farming for every field in a mixed farming area. Just as I don't usually
> care what type of industries a mixed industrial area is used for.
>
> To answer the question in the subject: yes, and just pick what's common
> practice in your area.
>
> Op do 16 dec. 2021 om 13:41 schreef Martin Koppenhoefer <
> dieterdreist at gmail.com>
>
>>
>>
>> sent from a phone
>>
>> On 16 Dec 2021, at 08:51, David Marchal via Tagging <
>> tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>>
>> . Typically, agricultural lands which are arable are used for non-grass
>> crops, and inarable agricultural lands are keeped grassy for pasture and
>> hay; the lands rarely change between these two states.
>>
>>
>>
>> it’s often the case for pasture, but for e.g. hay it’s common to rotate
>> with other crop (in some areas)
>>
>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_rotation
>>
>>
>> Cheers Martin
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