Apart from the specialised tags such as "orchard" there appears to be
only 2 tags available for general agricultural land:
farmland
which I have taken to mean arable land. i.e. land suitable for the
growing of crops, even if currently used as pasture for grazing by
livestock; and
meadow
which I have taken to mean other land which has no history of being used
for crops, usually because it is unsuitable in some way -- too steep or
uneven, liable to flooding ("water meadows"), poor soil, presence of too
many trees, areas of scrub, poor drainage, etc. In many cases used only
for sheep.
Here are a few pics of what I would tag as "meadow" even if not
technically "unimproved grassland" or whatever is the proper definition
of a meadow:
http:/85a.uk/meadow1_960x640.jpg
http:/85a.uk/meadow3_960x640.jpg
http:/85a.uk/meadow4_960x640.jpg
http:/85a.uk/meadow2_960x640.jpg
If "meadow" is not the correct tag, what is? Do we need a new tag?
"farmland" doesn't seem right -- none of the above is going to become a
field of potatoes any time soon.
In the last pic, the hedge clearly marks the boundary between "meadow"
in the foreground and the fields of rapeseeed beyond. To use the same
"farmland" tag for both wouldn't properly describe the landscape. But
there are vast areas of OSM which are so described.
cheers,
Martin.
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