In England and Wales (I don't know about IoM) it would make sense to use the official designation, i.e. boundary=access_land.
Mike Harris > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Karran [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 11 September 2009 12:25 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Tagging open rambling land > > 2009/9/10 Craig Wallace <[email protected]>: > > On 10/09/2009 22:29, Dan Karran wrote: > >> I've got a question about tagging... The area[1] in the > middle of the > >> Isle of Man has a large amount of rambling land that's open to the > >> public, I think covered mostly with heather, gorse and > other sorts of > >> low level vegetation[2]. Does anyone have some tips on how > it would > >> best be tagged? I've tagged it as natural=fell for now, but it may > >> not be the most suitable. > >> > > I think it should have some sort of boundary tag. See > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:boundary > > > > It lists boundary=national_park - I think this is kind of > similar, in > > that it is an area of land, with designated access rights etc. > > But its not a national park. > boundary=public_land_open_to_ramblage is > > a bit longwinded, is there an shorter official name, or > abbreviation? > > Or maybe a more generic/international name, eg boundary=access_land? > > Using a boundary tag makes sense I think, and yes, I'd say it > was similar to the idea of a national park but not officially > the same. > I've gone with boundary=rambling_land for now, until > something better comes along. I'd just love to see it > rendered to fill those big gaps > ;) > > > Cheers, > Dan > > -- > Dan Karran > [email protected] > www.dankarran.com > > > _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
