[Talk-GB] beetroot or beet

[Andy Townsend]

On 10/01/17 01:20, David Groom wrote:
> ...
> Tag info shows 579 ways tagged with crop = beet, of these 572 are in 
> northern Italy added by 3 users, so its probably quite easy to ask 
> what exactly they meant by "beet" , and retag these existing ways if 
> they actually should be beetroot.

In the UK I could hazard a guess as to whether sugarbeet or something 
else based on the proximity to one of British Sugar's plants such as 
Newark or Peterborough, but in Northern Italy asking the mapper 
definitely seems like a good idea.

Another caveat in the UK - crops are often rotated (and planted based on 
price expectation) so what is beet one year is barley the next, and 
perhaps oil-seed rape after that.  Essentially, where this variation 
happens it'd be difficult to trust any "crop" tag over a year old.

Best Regards,

Andy