[OSM-talk] How to tag properties

[Cartinus]

On Monday 30 November 2009 18:23:33 Steve Bennett wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:12 AM, Cartinus <cartinus at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > Map what you can verify:
> > * Often these are expanses of grass with the occasional bush ->
> > landuse=grass
>
> Not to be a pain, but that doesn't exist (or isn't documented).
> landuse=meadow I guess. That would actually satisfy a lot of my needs.

Before you say something doesn't exist, it is always a good idea to check 
tagwatch or osmdoc: <http://osmdoc.com/en/tag/landuse/grass>
11393 occurrences of landuse grass in the database when they updated their 
data a few months ago.

I don't know about documentation, but it is in the list of presets in JOSM.

IMHO landuse=meadow has a narrower definition then landuse grass. It would be 
either agricultural land or naturally occurring grassland. I would actually 
prefer natural=meadow for the last, but since the preset in JOSM doesn't show 
what key is used for meadow, both natural and agricultural meadows are tagged 
with the same tag by a lot of people.

landuse=grass is for any grass covered surface where you don't have a more 
specific tag.

> > * They can be expanses of shrubland -> natural=shrub
>
> natural=scrub?
Yes sorry, English is not my native language.

> > Of course if you know it is greenfield/farmland there are landuse tags
> > for that.
>
> Yeah. I guess the term "greenfield" is more common in the US? It seems a
> bit hard to verify that building is "scheduled". Does a big "sold" sign
> count?

Of course.

I don't think how common the use of the terms "greenfield" and "brownfield" is 
has anything to do with Australia vs. wherever, but more with common people 
vs. professional city planners.


-- 
m.v.g.,
Cartinus