To be fair, 'village green' has an explicit definition in English law, which is presumably why whoever originally defined it put the word 'English' in. Agreed, that it doesn't have to be in a village, but can be in (or, indeed, outside) any sized population centre. See http://www.oss.org.uk/village-greens/ where the precise legal definition in England and Wales is given. Basically, any land which has been openly used by local people for recreation for twenty years without objection can be registered as common land in perpetuity, and so protected from development.
[http://www.itn.co.uk/images/ITN_Master_blue.gif] PHILLIP BARNETT SERVER MANAGER 200 GRAY'S INN ROAD LONDON WC1X 8XZ UNITED KINGDOM T +44 (0)20 7430 4474 F E [email protected] WWW.ITN.CO.UK<http://WWW.ITN.CO.UK> P Please consider the environment. Do you really need to print this email? ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Fossdal Guttesen Sent: 03 December 2009 01:42 To: Steve Bennett Cc: talk openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Vegetation page i wrote before >landuse<wlmailhtml:%7b46D6D967-B718-448E-85BE-E44A8D8A0FF7%7dmid://00001562/!x-usc:http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:landuse>=village_green<wlmailhtml:%7b46D6D967-B718-448E-85BE-E44A8D8A0FF7%7dmid://00001562/!x-usc:http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dvillage_green> An open area of grass in the centre of an English village. and Peter Kõrner wrote > An as a foreign national my thoughts were "And I thought OSM was an > international project..". what i ment was that there is nothing wrong with the tag, just the descritption of it the descriptin is extreemly explicit it says that this tag can only be used in an village and it has to be an egnlish village and it also has to be in the center of the vilage From: Steve Bennett<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1:09 AM To: Open Street Map mailing list<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [OSM-talk] Vegetation page I think I might write up some cross-cutting wiki pages like "vegetation", pointing people in the right directions for the subtle distinctions between natural= and landuse= etc. Ok, I did it. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Vegetation Lots of common bush/tree words link there. Steve ________________________________ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk Please Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Independent Television News Limited unless specifically stated. This email and any files attached are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [email protected] Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of our clients and business, we may monitor and read messages sent to and from our systems. Thank You.
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