2018-06-13 11:31 GMT+02:00 <osm.tagg...@thorsten.engler.id.au>: > Landuse describes how the land is used. > > > > residential, industrial, commercial, retail, military, farmland, forestry, > ... > > > > None of these have a fixed implication of what's on the land. > > > > > > > > Landcover describes what's on the land. > > > > grass, scrub, trees, concrete, ... > > > > None of these have a fixed implication if the landcover is natural or man > made or managed. >
+1, that's also what I would find intuitive. > > > > > Any point on the map has one actual landuse and one actual landcover. > every point will have a landcover, but not every point will have landuse. Only used land has landuse. E.g. on antarctica (or in deserts) you will not have any use for most of the land. > And landuse=grass doesn't make any sense at all. I'm not aware of any > place where "grass" would be an appropiate land*use*. > +1 Cheers, Martin
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