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

[Mateusz Konieczny]

see 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:landuse%3Dfarmland#Farmland.2C_farmyards_and_meadows
for comment from author of discussed edits

Dec 16, 2021, 17:49 by ezekielf at gmail.com:

> 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.
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> 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>> .  
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> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 8:12 AM Peter Elderson <> pelderson at gmail.com> > wrote:
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>> Farming includes crops and hay and cattle. It is strange to narrow that down just for OSM. 
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>> Actual tagging and the (old) wiki reflects both views (descriptive). The altered wiki tries to implement one view (prescriptive).
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>> 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. 
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>> 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.
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>> 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. 
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>> To answer the question in the subject: yes, and just pick what's common practice in your area.
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>> Op do 16 dec. 2021 om 13:41 schreef Martin Koppenhoefer <>> dieterdreist at gmail.com>> >
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>>> sent from a phone
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>>>> On 16 Dec 2021, at 08:51, David Marchal via Tagging <>>>> tagging at openstreetmap.org>>>> > wrote:
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>>>> . 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.
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>>> it’s often the case for pasture, but for e.g. hay it’s common to rotate with other crop (in some areas)
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>>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_rotation
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