Re: [Tagging] Tagging scrapyards, junkyards

2016-01-31 Thread John F. Eldredge
The usual arrangement is that reasonably-intact vehicles are kept as a parts source for some period of time, then whatever is left is eventually sold to another facility that handles recycling of bulk scrap metal. Badly damaged vehicles may go immediately to the latter facility. Back in the 1

[Tagging] Defining tag 'natural=wood' ...

2016-01-31 Thread Warin
Hi, The present wiki description; /Forest. Sometimes considered to have restricted meaning "Woodland with no forestry". http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dwood /The definition then leaves 'forestry' up for interpretation. I would rather have something clear! / //An area of tr

Re: [Tagging] Defining tag 'natural=wood' ...

2016-01-31 Thread Mike Thompson
landuse and landcover are two different things, and I submit they should be mapped as such. One indicates how the land is being used, and the other what covers it. Obviously they are related, but they are not the same. In regards to "landcover" it should not matter whether the trees were planted

Re: [Tagging] Defining tag 'natural=wood' ...

2016-01-31 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > Am 01.02.2016 um 02:32 schrieb Mike Thompson : > > I suggest we map landcover and landuse separately. +1 cheers Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Tagging scrapyards, junkyards

2016-01-31 Thread Dave Swarthout
Just to keep things straight, let me summarize what I have so far. I sort of decided to go with the British colloquial term "scrapyard" as a place, usually a large open area, where old cars are kept to be sold for spare parts. In America the common term, and the one I'm familiar with, is junkyard.