Another question: the tag natural=dune has been included on the list of features at Template:Generic:Map_Features:natural (used on Key:natural) for a long time, but not on the list Template:Map_Features:natural (used on the main Map Features page).
Should natural=dune be added to Map Features, or does it need further discussion? On 8/26/19, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agreed. I already mentioned this to the user who created the tag on > the page Talk:Tag:landcover=dunes > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:landcover%3Ddunes (note > plural "dunes"); t > > There seems to be confusion about what the key "landcover" means, > because recently there have also been pages created for > landcover=water and landcover=hedge as well. > > This also brings up the question: is it appropriate to edit pages like > this to mention the more common tags at the top, e.g. natural=dune, > natural=sand? Often other editors are unhappy when I add something > like "Consider using the more common tags natural=dune or > natural=sand" - but if anyone can create a Tag: or Key: page, it seems > important that similar and synonymous tags are mentioned at the top. > > On 8/26/19, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi >> >> >> There is a wiki entry for 'landcover=dune'. >> >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/landcover#Landcover_tags_and_related_tags >> >> >> It has 0 uses in the data base. >> >> >> There is an existing tag 'natural=dune'. >> >> >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Ddune >> >> >> >> To me dune is a land form. >> >> From the Oxford Dictionary "A mound or ridge of sand or other loose >> sediment formed by the wind, especially on the sea coast or in a desert." >> >> >> So it is a mound or ridge ...ie a land form like a hill or a valley. >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
