I was considering making a proposal for natural=mountain_range, but this tag is already in use over 603 times by over 84 different mappers (for the nodes and ways; I didn't download relations). So I've made a wiki page to describe the current use.
But if there are people who would prefer I make a proposal page and redirect to that, I can do this instead. I've tried to recommend mapping as a node in most cases, or a linear way when this can be done a reasonable way, by following natural=ridge lines to connect the main natural=peak and natural=saddle points of the mountain range. This only works for small mountain ranges, not huge massifs or long ranges with multiple smaller ranges within. The new wiki page discourages mapping mountain ranges as areas (closed ways or multipolygon relations) because the shape and size of these are not consistent between different mappers. It's usually quite debatable which valleys and foothills to include in a mountain range. Unfortunately there are a growing number of natural=mountain_range mapped as areas. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dmountain_range _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
