The tag landuse=churchyard has been used several thousand times, but amenity=graveyard is over 10 times more common, and landuse=religious is 4 times more common.
I would recommend discouraging use of this tag, because the wiki definition contradicts the plain-English meaning of churchyard, which is usually a graveyard (cemetry) or burial ground next to a church. The wiki page for landuse=churchyard claims "Used to map the area surrounding a christian church or chapel, particularly when this does not contain a graveyard" - this conflicts with the common English definition of the value. Cambridge Dictionary (UK): "an area of land around a church, where dead bodies are buried " Merriam-Webster (US): "a yard that belongs to a church and is often used as a burial ground." To avoid ambiguity, mappers can use the two well-accepted tags landuse=religious + religion=christian OR amenity=graveyard + religion=christian, depending on the situation. I would like to update the wiki page for landuse=churchyard to suggest not using the tag and changing to one of the other two tags + religion=christian instead. - Joseph Eisenberg _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
