Re: [Tagging] on the name of a tag for landcover

[Johan Jönsson]

Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist@... writes:
 ...
 IMHO in OSM it would make sense to have several tags describing
 generic properties instead of having one single value with a very
 specific class.
 
 E.g. one tag might be vegetation=trees, shrubs, grass, no, where
 no could follow the definition given by the FAO, i.e. a total
 vegetative cover of less than 4% for at least 10 months of the year,
 or an absence of Woody or Herbaceous life forms and with less than 25%
 cover of Lichens/Mosses ...
 
 another tag might describe whether it is a water covered area or not, etc.
 
To have a couple of keys instead of one key to describe how an area looks like 
could work.
For instance, a key for vegetation with a given set of values could help map a 
lot of areas. To have a key for the bare areas would complement that. Maybe 
surface could be used for those areas of stone, pavement, sand and soil.

It looks good to have complete sets of values, the four values for vegetation 
could theoretically be used to cover the whole planet but I think veg=no willl 
be implied on most bare areas.






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Re: [Tagging] Tagging Digest, Vol 35, Issue 36

[St Niklaas]

OSM, Ill put my reactions on on row (Issue 36).Even bare areas have growth 
youll only have to watch closely to see it. Thats a nice one for a herbologist 
or do we have a new tag ?My take would be that the entire lot on which a house 
stands should be landuse=residential, as long as there isn't an ancilliary 
farming
 business.And what to do with a field with a house (old farmhouse) on it, but 
 the owner rents it to his neighbour to let his sheep roam the field ? Youll 
 never able to see whats happening there, or if the sheep are his own 
 property.And lack of resedential streets dosnt mean there no houses or farms, 
 look fi at the Belgium streetplans. Long regional streets accompanied by 
 buildings on both sides, farms and houses one by one and all standing in a 
 area or field.I would nt see the difference without looking at the place or 
 the area itself.
Greetz Hendrik
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