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 is, again, legally and functionally the same as a Parish
Council with the addition of a Town Mayor).
Village greens, town greens, designated commons etc all suffer from the
same problem in OSM: they have a certain legal status, but both the
landuse to which they are actually put, and the landcover (grass etc),
vary. So actually landuse=village_green is a misclassification in the
taxonomy because it is not (always or by definition) "the use to which
the land is put".
On 2020-04-03 12:48, nathan case wrote:
> 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 [1]
>
> News:
> https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/lancasters-freemans-wood-looks-set-become-town-green-after-eight-year-battle-1357617
> [2]
>
> For those that are unfamiliar with a Town Green - it is, legally, the same as
> a village green. It is a legally protected area of land that is for the
> enjoyment of the public (Commons Act 2006 and the Commons Registration Act
> 1965).
>
> But I ran into some problems mapping it.
>
> The "village green" landuse tag doesn't seem appropriate (as it doesn't fit
> the characterises described) - despite being legally the same.
>
> Park and/or recreation landuse tags don't seem appropriate either - it isn't
> either of those, despite the leisure connotations the land holds.
>
> Nature reserve didn't seem appropriate as, although the land is now
> protected, it isn't formally a reserve.
>
> So I've opted for the boundary=protected_area schema. From the protect_class
> options, 21 seemed like the most relevant: "Community life: religious, sacred
> areas, associative locations, recreation".
>
> Unfortunately, this now means the land (specifically its boundary and name)
> is not being rendered. Of course I know not to tag for the renderer but I
> wanted to check the validity of my approach.
>
> Is there an agreed upon approach for town greens in the UK? Is there anything
> I could do, within the correct schema, to show this important local area on
> the default map?
>
> Cheers!
>
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Links:
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[1] https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/82973329
[2]
https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/lancasters-freemans-wood-looks-set-become-town-green-after-eight-year-battle-1357617
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