[Tagging] Development of Tag Replacements

[Warin]

On 4/2/21 8:05 pm, Jeroen Hoek wrote:
> landcover=grass shows a gradual increase in use though:
>
> https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/landcover=grass#chronology
>
> Often combined with landuse=grass.
>
> And yes, landcover gets rejected in iD, JOSM, and Carto, so we remain at
> a standstill where the status quo is that landuse=grass, natural=scrub,
> and landuse=forest are misused, because there isn't anything else to
> use, because any proposal to introduce tags that do fit will have to
> compete with tags that are misused, but do render nicely and are
> supported out of the box in the editors.
>
> At some point I would like to move forward on this issue, and due to the
> inherent dependency on its rendering (due to the fact that these are
> highly visible on Carto), some concerted effort between the mapping
> community and the Carto maintainers would be welcome.
>


I do try to add landcover tags .. when I remember. Usually these as with 
'tags for the render' of natural=wood, landuse=grass etc.

While JOSM issues warnings .. those can be ignored if the mapper chooses 
to.


Why not landcover=bush for the first approved landcover tag?