[OSM-talk] Rejected: Landuse=green_space

[Lester Caine]

Alex Mauer wrote:
> Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
>> On 6/11/07, Barnett, Phillip <Phillip.Barnett at itn.co.uk> wrote:
>>> You're not the only one David - I absolutely agree that these areas of
>>> grass (usually only a few 10's of metres) are quite common in some areas
>>> (notably Cambridge) in British housing estates, typically mid-century
>>> developments, and certainly need mapping, as they are useful visual
>>> landmarks.
> 
> This sort of thing is also common in the US.

The problem here is lumping all grass verges and extended grass infill around 
roads with the common areas provided in housing estates. These are DIFFERENT, 
and not simply green_space

>> I can't speak for other people, but for me the problem lies more in
>> the fact that I don't see the point in distinguishing between those
>> and a park. Presumably they're going to be rendered the same colour as
>> a park and they are used for the same purposes as a park, why not call
>> it a park.
> 
> Because it's not a park, as David Earl pointed out: "a park is a more
> formal thing - an area specifically provided and maintained for
> recreation."  They also tend to be named, and be destinations in themselves.

That one I would sort of accept, but not all park areas are formal or even 
fenced, so just restricting 'park' to something called a park may be wrong as 
well. The larger infill areas on housing estates ARE parks even if not in name.

> I'd certainly not be pleased if I was looking for a place to go on a
> picnic and was directed to what is (legally) somebody's lawn, or to an
> island of grass in the middle of a road.

Another very valid point, I have a grass area at the front to my house which 
is outside the fence but is still part of my property. It is a verge next to 
the footpath, but it's a level of detail I'm not worrying about yet.

> As to rendering, this green space might not be rendered on some maps
> where it is useful to render parks.

Exactly, the larger park and play areas on council estates should be rendered, 
but not every individual grass verge and garden?

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