Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)
On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 15:20, nathan case wrote: > The two main components of the green, a wood and a grass area, are separately > mapped as such. > > Where would you add the designation tag? To the boundary or to the two main > landuse components? Or would you create a relation so that the

Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread nathan case
expect considering this is the approach used for, e.g., nature reserves). I think this is because protect_class=21 just doesn't get rendered. -Original Message- From: Russ Garrett Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 2:35 PM To: Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) Cc: talk-gb Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread SK53
In the past the term urban commons was widely used in the ecological literature for all sorts of (mainly) grassy spaces in towns. If one wanted a catch-all designation this might be suitable, although I think it would be perhaps better used to replace the usages of landuse=grass & leisure=common

Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread Russ Garrett
On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 14:31, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: > What I would do with these is to separate the legal status from the > physical and usage characteristics. First I would tag the legal > status, using the designation=* tag (which was set up for such > purposes) i.e.

Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)
On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 11:49, nathan case wrote: > I made a recent edit to a local area that has recently been designated a > “Town Green”. > > Edit: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/82973329 What I would do with these is to separate the legal status from the physical and usage

Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread nathan case
ance from the land owner. It seemed like this was something I should update and record in OSM. Unfortunately it's now no longer rendering. -Original Message- From: Martin Wynne Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 1:53 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens On 03/0

Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread Martin Wynne
On 03/04/2020 13:40, nathan case wrote: I ruled it out because, from the same wiki: "This tag is intended for (usually urban) parks with managed greenery" and "parks not so designed and manicured, but rather left in a more wild and natural state should not get this tag, instead, use another

Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread nathan case
l_park" Thanks. -Original Message- From: Martin Wynne Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 12:31 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens What is wrong with Park? From the wiki: "A park is an area of open space for recreational use, usually designed

Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread nathan case
Smale Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 12:03 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens Considering that it is legally and functionally the same as a Village Green, I would say use the same tag i.e. landuse=village_green. It may be *called* a town green because it belongs

Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread Martin Wynne
What is wrong with Park? From the wiki: "A park is an area of open space for recreational use, usually designed and in semi-natural state with grassy areas, trees and bushes. Parks are usually urban" Martin. ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread Colin Smale
Considering that it is legally and functionally the same as a Village Green, I would say use the same tag i.e. landuse=village_green. It may be *called* a town green because it belongs to a settlement that is a town (who decides that is a whole other discussion) and/or has a Town Council (which

[Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread nathan case
Hi all, I made a recent edit to a local area that has recently been designated a "Town Green". Edit: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/82973329 News: https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/lancasters-freemans-wood-looks-set-become-town-green-after-eight-year-battle-1357617 For those