Re: [Talk-GB] beetroot or beet

2017-01-13 Thread Warin
t: Re: [Talk-GB] beetroot or beet On 2017-01-10 01:20, David Groom wrote: Although "beet" could also refer to "sugar beet" Or "fodder beet" (aka mangelwurzel). I think it is rather similar to sugar beet, not sure if you could tell the difference in the field. It

Re: [Talk-GB] beetroot or beet

2017-01-12 Thread Mark Goodge
On 10/01/2017 01:44, Andy Townsend wrote: On 10/01/17 01:20, David Groom wrote: ... Tag info shows 579 ways tagged with crop = beet, of these 572 are in northern Italy added by 3 users, so its probably quite easy to ask what exactly they meant by "beet" , and retag these existing ways if they ac

Re: [Talk-GB] beetroot or beet

2017-01-10 Thread Dave F
I'm surprised contributors are spending their time with the ephemeral 'crop' tag in the UK. As pointed out by Andy we have crop rotation systems. Previously to ensure the land wasn't stripped of nutrients, but now primarily based on what is the highest EU CAP subsidy. DaveF On 10/01/2017 01:4

Re: [Talk-GB] beetroot or beet

2017-01-10 Thread Andy Robinson
I can see a whole new wiki excursion into the underground world of root crops ;-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Craig Wallace [mailto:craig...@fastmail.fm] Sent: 10 January 2017 01:52 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] beetroot or beet On 2017-01-10 01:20

Re: [Talk-GB] beetroot or beet

2017-01-09 Thread Warin
On 10-Jan-17 12:44 PM, Andy Townsend wrote: On 10/01/17 01:20, David Groom wrote: ... Tag info shows 579 ways tagged with crop = beet, of these 572 are in northern Italy added by 3 users, so its probably quite easy to ask what exactly they meant by "beet" , and retag these existing ways if th

Re: [Talk-GB] beetroot or beet

2017-01-09 Thread Craig Wallace
On 2017-01-10 01:20, David Groom wrote: Although "beet" could also refer to "sugar beet" Or "fodder beet" (aka mangelwurzel). I think it is rather similar to sugar beet, not sure if you could tell the difference in the field. It seems they are all the same species (Beta vulgaris), but differ

Re: [Talk-GB] beetroot or beet

2017-01-09 Thread Andy Townsend
On 10/01/17 01:20, David Groom wrote: ... Tag info shows 579 ways tagged with crop = beet, of these 572 are in northern Italy added by 3 users, so its probably quite easy to ask what exactly they meant by "beet" , and retag these existing ways if they actually should be beetroot. In the UK I

Re: [Talk-GB] beetroot or beet

2017-01-09 Thread David Groom
xactly they meant by "beet" , and retag these existing ways if they actually should be beetroot. David -- Original Message -- From: "Warin" <61sundow...@gmail.com> To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Sent: 10/01/2017 00:01:24 Subject: [Talk-GB] beetroot or beet H

[Talk-GB] beetroot or beet

2017-01-09 Thread Warin
Hi again, another UK English question. I use beetroot .. but beet has been used on the wiki. I think beet comes from American English. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb