[OSM-talk] Path vs footway vs cycleway vs...

Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 13:06:01 GMT 2009


2009/12/1 Liz <edodd at billiau.net>

> On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Mike Harris wrote:
> > Broadly agree but why is 'meadow' not a land use? I believe that it is -
> in
> > rural England at least ... See
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow
>
> meadow is a statement of what grows there
> landuse could be grazing or recreation or hay production
>

while this might be correct in Terms of language or not (see Mike Harris'
post), it doesn't meet with OSM reality, where landuse and landcover are
used sinonimously. Mapfeatures state that landuse is a physical feature
(strange, isn't it?).

cheers,
Martin
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