[Talk-GB] Viticultural Areas and Appellations

[Clifford Snow]

Hey Rob,
On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 11:52 AM Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Is this something that you could use the designation=* tag for? We use
> that to record legal classifications. Although designation=pdo as an
> example doesn't sound right as it's not the area itself that carries the
> status, but the specific product from that region. Either way I'd consider
> using the designation tag somewhere in here, ideally with the relevant
> legal name that applies in that territory.
>


> I haven't seen much use of the designation tag before. As the wiki states,
> the majority use 80.5% are found in the UK. I haven't run across it or if I
> had completely missed it.
>
> It sounds like it might work. But the wiki page [1] does recommend not
> using it for features that already have a key established. Such as religion
> and or denomination. Since there is no established key designation might
> work as:
>
landuse=vineyard
crop=grape
designation=American Viticultural Area
designation:name=Red Mountain

Now you've given me more to think about.

[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:designation
>

Best,
Clifford

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