2018-06-06 15:59 GMT+02:00 Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com>: > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 2:15 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer < > dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> there is unanimous (?) consensus that landuse is about the usage of land >> (“For describing the primary use of areas of land.”) >> how can “grass” fit into a system like this? >> > > Because the grass is there intentionally and is maintained (mown, at > least). The land is deliberately used to grow > grass for some reason. Be it for decoration, or as a strip between > sidewalk and the road to encourage people not > to walk too close to the road, or some other purpose, somebody made a > decision to grow/maintain grass there. >
it is this "purpose" or "use" that landuse is about. "grass" is not about use, "decoration" would be a use, or "food for animals" (pasture / meadow, etc.), or "separating traffic areas", etc. > In agriculture, landuse=farmland + landcover=grass is a better fit for > pastures. > usually landuse=meadow is used for this case. I agree it is also a subclass of farmland and should probably not have ended at the same level in the hierarchy, but this is flat tagging and how it is ;-) Cheers, Martin
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