[Tagging] Landfill undergoing restoration

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

I believe the landuse values "greenfield" and "brownfield" are both not
well chosen and do not fit well within the landuse key in general. Both
have implications about future constructability (i.e. a legal status)
rather than something currently observable on the ground (in particular
greenfields), and they might also conflict with current existing use (e.g.
a greenfield which is still used as a meadow).

I am not saying it is not recordworthy to distinguish between a green field
which is just a green field and one where you legally can build (and likely
will in the future). But it doesn't change the current "use".
I am also not saying that storing information about publicly known
contamination is out of scope, but again landuse is not the right key for
it.

We also do not have a landuse tag for land that was used for a different
purpose than commercial or industrial, e.g. residential landuse, retail
landuse, military landuse, abandoned farmyards etc. and which by the way
might be contaminated as well.

Also "landfill" is not a perfect instance of landuse, because it is ok as
long as it is actively used, but everybody knows it will still remain a
landfill, even if it is not used any more and covered up with some soil.

Cheers,
Martin
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