[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - landuse bush

[Peter Elderson]

village_green means it's a village green. That's British for a central
common area in the middle of a town.

It's NOT an area of decorative greenery.

Vr gr Peter Elderson


Op wo 3 feb. 2021 om 18:31 schreef Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner at gmx.at>:

> On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 18:01:20 +0100 (CET)
> Vincent van Duijnhoven via Tagging <tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>
> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/landuse=bush
> >
> > Definition: An area of bushes on cultivated land and in the built
> environment, often used for decorative purposes or to fill space and where
> barrier=hedge does not apply.
> >
>
> I do see the need to tag these for (relatively speaking) micromapping.
> However, I have a problem with how landuse is completely broken (the
> old landcover vs. landuse debate). This proposal will lead to further
> fragmentation of more general landuses, e.g., residential. Since there
> are so many other problems regarding landuse anyway I wouldn't downvote
> it because of that though (i.e., every hope is lost anyway ;)
>
> One thing that I think should be improved is the distinction to
> barrier=hedge. Even the smaller ones are definitely blocking or
> severely constraining some modes of use where landuse=grass for example
> would be less of a problem, e.g., bicycle, wheelchair, or stroller.
> From a mapper's perspective the question arises when is a string of
> bushes a barrier=hedge and when it is not? Also, can it be both?
>
> The other one is village_green. I have never understood the existence
> of this peculiarity when on the other side there is useful tag for
> basically the same thing outside the center of some village. In any
> case there should be some guidance/distinction made there too. How do I
> map an area of bushes within a village_green for example.
>
> --
> Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner
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