Re: [OSM-talk] tagging peat bogs in ireland

2008-07-15 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
On 7/15/08, Dermot McNally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That looks perfect. In practice, you'll probably find it difficult to > map a bog as a whole, rather it's the big empty brown bit that you'll > generally end up mapping. Agreed. > It certainly is. In traditional use, cuboid sections of pea

Re: [OSM-talk] tagging peat bogs in ireland

2008-07-15 Thread Dermot McNally
2008/7/15 Tim Waters (chippy) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > There is this: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Surface_Mining > > But I don't think it covers the "bog" as a whole. Perhaps a big > polygon natural=lowland_bog and within that, areas of > landuse=surface_mining with

Re: [OSM-talk] tagging peat bogs in ireland

2008-07-15 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
On 7/15/08, Dermot McNally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To expand on this - because it's something I've wondered about myself > - when tagging as seen on-the-ground, there's a big difference between > a bog being used commercially and a normal, untouched bog. The > commercially-worked ones have

Re: [OSM-talk] tagging peat bogs in ireland

2008-07-15 Thread Dermot McNally
2008/7/15 Tim Waters (chippy) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > as some of us have been out mapping the Irish countryside, we've come > across peat bogs. Lowland peat bogs mainly, often being used for turf > extraction (for fuel, or peat for garden centres etc). > > Anyone mapped these already? What t

[OSM-talk] tagging peat bogs in ireland

2008-07-15 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
Hi, as some of us have been out mapping the Irish countryside, we've come across peat bogs. Lowland peat bogs mainly, often being used for turf extraction (for fuel, or peat for garden centres etc). Anyone mapped these already? What tags do you use? It's certainly natural, sometimes protected, an