Re: [OSM-talk] landuse=meadow => natural=meadow ?

2009-09-21 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/9/21 Dave F. : > landuse=farm is IMO used when a fields use is not known, it could be > more specific, as is indicated on the landuse wiki page. eg cattle, > crops (maybe even going as far as saying wheat, barley etc). AFAIR for disambiguity of landuse=farm there was the proposal of the 2 new

Re: [OSM-talk] landuse=meadow => natural=meadow ?

2009-09-21 Thread Dave F.
Then both can be used, depending whether they're farmed or not. OSM appears to have many valid alternatives. I've been told that this laxity is one of OSM's strengths. landuse=farm is IMO used when a fields use is not known, it could be more specific, as is indicated on the landuse wiki page. eg

Re: [OSM-talk] landuse=meadow => natural=meadow ?

2009-09-21 Thread Aleksandr Dezhin
In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow we have three types of meadows: 1. Agricultural meadow 2. Transitional meadow 3. Perpetual meadow Agricultural meadow can be tagged as landuse=meadow and I think it's right. But what about transitional meadow and perpetual meadow? 2009/9/21 Aleksan

Re: [OSM-talk] landuse=meadow => natural=meadow ?

2009-09-21 Thread Aleksandr Dezhin
Following this logic ("may be ..."), a lot of things can bring to landuse. Cows can drink from the lake, but we do not tag it as a landuse. Of course I understand that the meadow can somehow be farmed, but this is entirely optional. In the first meadow is a natural formation, which is usually form

Re: [OSM-talk] landuse=meadow => natural=meadow ?

2009-09-21 Thread Aleksandr Dezhin
Why not landuse=farm? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dfarm 2009/9/22 Florian Lohoff > For me a meadow is something actively used for agricultural purposes. > Either to generate hay for cows etc - So typically i use > it together with a barrier=fence on the way ... >

Re: [OSM-talk] landuse=meadow => natural=meadow ?

2009-09-21 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:58:32PM +0400, Aleksandr Dezhin wrote: > Hello, > > Why in the tree specified tag landuse=meadow, but not natural=meadow? How is > landuse=meadow used by people? > This tag looks completely usable! So in Russia all meadows are tagged in > different ways, from landuse=vil

Re: [OSM-talk] landuse=meadow => natural=meadow ?

2009-09-21 Thread Dave F.
Hi Aleksandr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow "It may be cut for hay or grazed by livestock such as cattle , sheep

[OSM-talk] landuse=meadow => natural=meadow ?

2009-09-21 Thread Aleksandr Dezhin
Hello, Why in the tree specified tag landuse=meadow, but not natural=meadow? How is landuse=meadow used by people? This tag looks completely usable! So in Russia all meadows are tagged in different ways, from landuse=village_green to natural=heath/fell. Should we decide the tag landuse=meadow obso