[Talk-GB] Glenmuckloch mine

[ael]

On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 12:04:48PM +0100, Ken Kilfedder wrote:
> I think this is in fact tagged correctly, but am happy to be corrected.
> 
> The BBC article calls it an 'open cast' mine, and the OSM wiki says landuse=quarry is for "surface extraction (open-pit mining) of mineral or organic resources like rocks, gravel, sand, soil, clay, ore, coal or peat" The OSM wiki goes on to say that man_made=mineshaft/man_made=adit/industrial=mine are for underground mines.
> 
> Another case where the english-language meaning (of 'quarry') is not the same as the OSM meaning (of landuse=quarry). 

OK. I hadn't check the wiki. Sounds as if we should define a new tag
man_made=opencast_mine? A casual (UK) user finding an OSM based map
would find the description "quarry" misleading, just as I did with a
background in OSM.

ael