I'd forgotten about that--good point.  Although surface as currently used
seems to be mainly in the context of roads.

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote:

>  Could this not be collapsed into with "surface=*"? If not, what would be
> the relationship/difference between "surface" and "landcover"?
>
>
> On 07/10/2010 19:09, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>
>> I know we already talked about this, but actually no actions followed ;-)
>>
>> What is the current feeling for a new key "landcover"? Could resolve
>> many issues, as often landuse is a mixture of actual "use" and
>> "coverage".
>> Seems like there is already landcover=tree in the database:
>> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/keys/landcover
>>
>> other values might be
>>
>> * sand
>> * asphalt
>> * grass
>> * scrubs
>> * rock
>> * ice
>> * lichen
>>
>> <add your proposed values here>
>>
>> cheers,
>> Martin
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