Horse paddocks (fenced areas which are not pasture) are sometimes tagged with landuse=animal_keeping especially in Germany. That is the most common use of landuse=animal_keeping - but I agree that the value of that tag sounds strange to native English speakers.
Re: "that seems more involved with raising stock, rather than temporarily holding them in a yard?" - no, that is not the case, the tag is mostly used for horse paddocks, places where horses are kept. I would also mention that landuse=meadow is very commonly used for horse pastures, cattle pastures and other pastures: fenced areas with grass where animals can graze. Many horses are kept in pastures rather than in smaller yards or paddocks. Also, landuse=farmyard is commonly used for areas with farm buildings, including stables and barns, and is sometimes used for cattle yards, paddocks, and livestock pens. I think some people do not consider horse paddocks to be "farm" facilities, because horses are now commonly only used for recreation in Europe, but of course in the past horse paddocks were farm facilities, and many are still parts of a farm or farmyard. My preference is to use landuse=meadow for pastures and landuse=farmyard for fenced areas used to keep farm animals including cows and horses. There are optional tags like animal=, livestock=, farmyard= and meadow= to specify the use of the farmyard or meadow for a particular animal or purpose. But also see discussion at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:landuse%3Danimal_keeping - this tag could be better defined. - Joseph Eisenberg On 2/17/20, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote: > What do we call fenced off yards that are used to hold horses (or other > stock, for that matter) temporarily? > > This was one that I spotted the other day > https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?relation=6007743#map=19/-36.41691/148.61436 > > > They are the yards at the local show grounds where horses are kept waiting > for their event. > > At the time, I marked them as stables, which I know is wrong, as there is > no roof of any sort, so I've since deleted it. > > There doesn't seem to be any tag that really suits? > > It's not farm_auxiliary, because it's not part of a farm > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dfarm_auxiliary > > Could be animal_keeping, but again, that seems more involved with raising > stock, rather than temporarily holding them in a yard? > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Danimal_keeping > > The other spot that this would apply to is yards at meatworks, sale yards & > similar. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks > > Graeme > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
