If the original editor applied the tags on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dmeadow there is no issue. There it defines the state of the managed or unmanaged.
> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:54:42 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Mass edits of landuse /natural tags > > John Baker wrote: > > The wiki is a consensus of opinion over the years about how to tag things. > > The > > lack of respect for this I find staggering. > > It would be nice if there WAS a consensus. There are a number of > 'contradictions' and the area of landuse vs natural has been debated many > times > and I don't think any of the current 'selections' accurately describe the > situation so there is still room for improvement. > > The general consensus seems to be that 'landuse' is used where an area is > managed or has been artificially created and natural where there is no > discernible management. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dgrassland highlights some of > the subtle differences, and there is a valid argument for natural=meadow co > existing with landuse=meadow since there are still some remaining natural > meadowlands, or should that be natural=grassland/grassland=meadow ? I don't > see > the need for the 'grasslands' here at all - just use meadow,veld,pampas or > what > ever with natural. 'wood' is another area where there are managed and > unmanaged > woodland which is not forest. > > landcover was I think proposed at one time to remove the distinction between > managed and unmanaged but in reality the distinction IS important even if > it's > use is not being applied properly. So what checks are you making that there > is > not such a distinction between the areas that you arbitrarily changing? > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
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