[OSM-talk] Several approved features moved to Map_features page

[Tom Chance]

On Monday 19 February 2007 21:00:39 Ben Robbins wrote:
> Almost finally it doesn't really seem fitting with "leisure=common" wich
> already exsists, and yet they are extreamly similar, yet now appear in 2
> different keys altogether.

Wait a second, a common has a very specific historical, social and legal 
meaning in the UK that is very different to a village green or a random patch 
of grass. It may still appear as "blob of green" on a map but it may also be 
of interest to somebody some day. I'm sure the same holds for countries that 
have a similar common law background.

I don't understand why you care if people use these additional tag values? You 
could either render them all as identical green blobs, or annotate to clarify 
that it is indeed a common, a village green, a park, a recreation ground, a 
playground, an allotment, a garden, the grounds to a country manor, a large 
area of grass (such as is common on a university campus), a sports pitch, and 
so on. You could just ignore them or tag them when mapping, nobody is 
compelling you to do either.

Regards,
Tom

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