On Monday 11 March 2019, Lorenzo Stucchi wrote: > [...] > > The idea was to map: bareland, artificial surface and forest.
As a general principle in OSM we map positively what verifiably exists, not the lack of something. What you call "bareland" is at odds with that because it is essentially negatively defined (as land lacking vegetation). So in terms of choosing tags i would recommend you focus on positively characterizing what you observe. In areas of deforestation large areas of bare ground is typically a transient state that will overgrow again rather quickly (within months or a few years) with some form of vegetation, ob become regularly maintained by humans in some form (like farmland). We also do not have any established tagging for what you call "artificial surface" because artificial surfaces are created usually for specific purposes and we typically map them depending on this purpose. Whatever tagging concept you choose you should document your plans and discuss them with the local community beforehand to make sure your plans are compatible with the mapping and tagging habits of the local community. -- Christoph Hormann http://www.imagico.de/ _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging