[Talk-GB] Quarterly Project 2021Q1

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I think landuse=grass is most sensible & also most widely used.

I have from time to time subtagged such things as grass=amenity_grassland
so that such things can be separated from large areas of farmland also
tagged with landuse=grass. This is not a perfect tag, many parks,
recreation grounds, playing fields etc are also amenity grassland (although
this may be inferred from the main leisure tag when associated with
surface), but is quite a widely used term (to the extent that one can buy
amenity grassland seed mix). An alternative term which I'd forgotten about
which might be more correct as a subtag is urban_commons, noticed it in a
local urban flora written about 25 years ago.

In some places on modern new build estates these patches of grass are often
associated with water run-off schemes (retention basins etc), so they may
not just be intended to improve the look of the place, but also relate to
meeting drainage & surface run-off planning requirements. They are also
very common on interwar council estates (usually with "No Ball Games
notices" where the purpose is clearly to improve the look of the estate &
break up monotony of lines of identical houses. Others may be specific
easements for services which may be difficult to ascertain (and anyway I
dont think we have a tag for such things).

Jerry

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 at 12:53, Tony Shield <tonyosm9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Looking at several newish housing estates near me I see areas of grass,
> sometimes with path, sometimes long and thin,  which appear to be left as
> Green Space as part of the overall estate plan.
>
> landcover=grass or leisure=park appear to be tag contenders - any strong
> feelings? or other suggestions?
>
> examples -
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/582058061#map=19/53.65488/-2.61830
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/796864833 -  the land alongside that
> footway.
> On 14/01/2021 22:29, Gareth L wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> The UK Quarterly project for Q1 2021 has been selected as Green spaces.
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Quarterly_Project/2021/2021_Q1_Project:_Green_Spaces
>
>
>
> This topic includes playgrounds, parks, national parks, commons and
> allotments. Please expand the wiki article with any suitable datasets that
> can be used for this project as it’s certainly going to be predominantly an
> armchair mapping exercise.
>
>
>
> Thank you for your QP ideas! Buildings/new residential areas actually tied
> on the vote with green spaces, so will probably be pursued in Q2.
>
>
>
> I’ll crunch some numbers for the 2020 QP4 results on Defibrillators soon.
>
>
>
> Gareth (gnesss)
>
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