[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - landuse bush

[Vincent van Duijnhoven]

Well, I know it is wrong but I do it because IMO there is no better other tag (hence this proposal). 
  
Vincent van Duijnhoven



3 feb. 2021 21:34 van tagging at openstreetmap.org:

> I am not surprised, but it seems a clear case of incorrect tagging for the renderer
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Incorrect_tagging_for_the_renderer
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> Feb 3, 2021, 21:29 by zelonewolf at gmail.com:
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>> I'm surprised to learn that people are using natural=scrub on landscaped areas.  I was under the impression that natural=scrub is used for wild or unmaintained areas, not intentional ornamental landscaping.
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>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 3:06 PM Jeroen Hoek <>> mail at jeroenhoek.nl>> > wrote:
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>>> There are a number of problems with the mapping of greenery in built-up
>>> areas. Most of the time mappers use landuse=grass, natural=scrub, and
>>> barrier=hedge, but landuse=grass is not a landuse, natural=scrub is not
>>> that natural, and barrier=hedge mapped as an area has been broken ever
>>> since this commit landed in Carto:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/4200
>>>
>>> So quite annoying on the whole, and any attempts to improve the
>>> situation are stymied by the problem of rendering in Carto, which is
>>> effectively the reference rendering style.
>>>
>>> The problem with landuse=bush I see is that it doesn't really improve
>>> much over natural=scrub. I do agree that it fits in better with
>>> landuse=grass, but it just adds another non-landuse landuse.
>>>
>>> I would really like to see a proposal with a set of tags for patches of
>>> grass, shrubs, and hedge area that can be accepted by the community and
>>> the Carto maintainers some day.
>>>
>>> Personally, I would start with a subset of the relevant landcover=*
>>> tags: >>> https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/landcover#values
>>>
>>> What I and apparently a number of other mappers do in the mean time is
>>> tag patches of grass and bushes with landuse=grass + landcover=grass and
>>> natural=scrub + landcover=scrub, respectively. This way we can signal
>>> our support for the landcover tags while not breaking rendering for
>>> everybody else, and highlight that we are tagging landcover, not landuse
>>> or natural features.
>>>
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