On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 12:45 PM Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Around and around we go. This list cannot agree on approving > landuse=forestry because it > doesn't get rendered. The carto people refuse to render landuse=forestry > because nobody > uses it. Sometimes the semi-anarchic nature of OSM tagging can be very > frustrating. There > are days when I yearn for joined-up thinking. > > How about... I expect it will get shouted down for many reasons, but... > > What if we suggest in the wiki that where trees are used for actual > forestry people are > encouraged to dual-tag with landuse=forestry + natural=wood on the basis > that with > enough usage the carto group will render landuse=forestry AND that when > they do there > will be an effort to remove natural=wood when it appears in combination > with > landuse=forestry. What was I thinking? That might actually get us > somewhere, and we > wouldn't want to do that. > I tend to share the same sentiment as yourself regarding this seemingly endless back and forth between rendering and tagging. It clearly indicates where change would be beneficial and a join system could be established by both to move things forward (similar to how there's a clear system for tag proposals, it might not be perfect, but it promotes progress). As for your suggestion, this is already my approach for "landuse=grass" and "landcover=grass". Tag both, hope that one day the old confusing tag has less isolated usage than the combination and someone realises we can remove the old one from all combined cases.
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