I agree as I recently encountered this issue. Following the GitHub issue on the protected area tag, it seems support in the renderer is a still the source of a large amount of debate and argument because of the large number of clases and regional variations in use of the tag.
Thanks, Leith Bade [email protected] On 7 December 2017 at 10:54, cleary <[email protected]> wrote: > There are long-standing problems in relation to the rendering of > protected areas in OpenStreetMap. This is not surprising as there many > protection classes (there is provision for up to 99) including > nature-protected, resources-protected and social-protected areas. > Presumably various types of protection classes would warrant different > rendering but currently none seem to appear on the map unless certain > additional tags are used. > > Currently some nature-protected areas operated by Australian state > national park organisations are tagged as "protected areas" and are not > rendered on the map. These are large and significant areas missing from > the map. > > Nature-protected areas could be identified with the alternate "national > park" tag. The wiki page on "boundary=national_park" states "A national > park is a relatively large area of land declared by a government (just > as boundary=administrative are declared/recognised by governments), to > be set aside for human recreation and enjoyment, as well as the > protection of the natural environment and/or cultural heritage of an > area. This would normally also come with restrictions on human activity, > particularly development, for the protection of wildlife and scenery." > It proceeds to explain that the words "national park" do not need to > appear in the name but the area, however named, should satisfy the above > definition. > > Many Australian areas whose titles include nomenclature such as "State > Conservation Area" or "Nature Reserve" or "Wilderness Park" could all be > encompassed under the "boundary=national_park" tag. > > I understand arguments about not mapping for the renderer. However, in > this instance, there appear to be two acceptable forms of tagging but > only one is reliably rendered. Therefore I propose that the Australian > Tagging Guidelines be modified to encourage preference for nature > protected areas, which satisfy the above definition of "national park", > to be tagged as such. At some time in the future, if there is progress > in the rendering of protected areas, this guideline could be revised if > warranted. In the interim, using the option of "boundary=national_park" > would be consistent with the guidelines for that tag and would permit > these significant areas to appear on the map. > > Protected areas will be rendered on the map if the tag > "leisure=nature_reserve" is added. However not all nature protected > areas are open for leisure purposes (depending on one's definition of > "leisure"). Access may sometimes be restricted to research or > educational purposes or similar. It seems preferable that such areas be > tagged as "national_park" accompanied with an "access=restricted" or > similar tag. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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