> "I know a number of landforms which have the name Plateau and are exactly "an
> flat-topped landform that is elevated above the surrounding terrain and
> surrounded by cliffs.".
In this case, my recommendation is to tag these features as
natural=mesa. You can map this as an area (closed way
I think more needs to be done to distinguish when to use natural=plateau vs
natural=mesa. I know a number of landforms which have the name Plateau and
are exactly "an flat-topped landform that is elevated above the surrounding
terrain and surrounded by cliffs.".
On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 at 20:32,
On 4/26/19, Christoph Hormann wrote:
> As i understand it a butte is not generally assumed to be flat topped in
> common language use, the key elements here are height larger than width
> and cliffs on all sides.
That's true. The top is only relatively flat compared to the surrounding cliffs.
>
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:natural%3Dmesa
> need to make it clear in the description how it differs from plateau/butte
>
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:natural%3Dbutte
> need to make it clear in the description how it differs from
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> On 26. Apr 2019, at 07:06, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Flat topped area with sudden elevation, wider or longer than it is high
> but horizontal dimension less than 1.6 km.
or maybe 1.609344 kilometers? Seriously, if we use a definition based on
imperial
On Friday 26 April 2019, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
> I have created 2 proposal pages for natural=mesa and natural=butte
>
> A mesa is defined as "A flat-topped elevated landform surrounded by
> cliffs". A mesa may also be known as a table or tableland, potrero or
> tepui. See
On 26/04/19 11:48, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
I have created 2 proposal pages for natural=mesa and natural=butte
A mesa is defined as "A flat-topped elevated landform surrounded by
cliffs". A mesa may also be known as a table or tableland, potrero or
tepui. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:mesa
I have created 2 proposal pages for natural=mesa and natural=butte
A mesa is defined as "A flat-topped elevated landform surrounded by
cliffs". A mesa may also be known as a table or tableland, potrero or
tepui. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:mesa
A butte is defined as "a hill with a flat
