[OSM-talk] mapping grass

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On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:15:57 +1200, Robin Paulson wrote:

>i'd tend to agree. a park has a very specific meaning, making it
>different from a patch of grass in a public space, which i would
>consider to be part of the public right of way it is adjacent to.

There are three mutually exclusive wastes in UK manorial system,
common land, village greens and highway waste. The verges on a highway
tend to be the latter and form part of the highway IIRC.

Andrew Heggie