[OSM-talk] tagging for landuse and landcover

[maning sambale]

Should I use the tag layer?
like
natural:forest

landuse:tourism
layer:X



On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 5:27 PM, maning sambale
<emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the Philippines, landcover and landuse are often interchangeable.
> But they are completely different.
> Land cover is the physical material at the surface of the earth,
> while, land use is a description of how people utilize the land [1]
>
> For example, I have an area mostly covered by forest so I tag them
> natural:forest.
> But a mixture of landuse (sometimes conflicting), like, tourism,
> quarrying, national park, etc.
> How do others map this?
>
> cheers,
> maning
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_cover
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