Looks like humus is a component of soil. So I think soil covers it, being a top layer consisting of mixed organic and mineral matter.
To me it is hard to imagine an area as permanently natural=bare_soil. Wouldn't there always be some kind of vegetation within a year? Best, Peter Elderson Op vr 10 jul. 2020 om 12:42 schreef Michael Montani <michael.mont...@un.org >: > I agree it could be considered as humus. The distinction between organic > soil and humus is ambiguous according to > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humus , but I think it is general enough to > target mostly organic soil. > > Shall we consider to add this specification on the tagging? Or would humus > be considered as bare soil anyway? > > Thanks > > -- > *Michael Montani* > GIS Consultant, *Client Solutions Delivery Section* > *Service for Geospatial Information and Telecommunications Technologies* > United Nations Global Service Centre > United Nations Department of Operational Support > > Brindisi | Phone: +39 0831 056985 | Mobile: +39 3297193455 | Intermission: > 158 6985 > E-mail: michael.mont...@un.org <m...@un.org> | www.ungsc.org > > > > ------------------------------ > *Da:* Peter Elderson <pelder...@gmail.com> > *Inviato:* venerdì 10 luglio 2020 12:02 > *A:* Tag discussion, strategy and related tools <tagging@openstreetmap.org > > > *Oggetto:* Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (Ground) > > Organic without any mineral, would you still call that soil? > > Vr gr Peter Elderson > > > Op vr 10 jul. 2020 om 11:55 schreef Martin Koppenhoefer < > dieterdre...@gmail.com>: > > > > sent from a phone > > > On 10. Jul 2020, at 11:39, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging < > tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > > > > Why it would be natural=bare_ground rather than natural=bare_soil? > > > +1, > I also disagree that “soil can be organic or mineral”. It has typically > both, organic and mineral components, but organic components are a hard > requirement. Otherwise it would be sand, or rock, or silt or clay or loam > etc. (depending on grain size/s). > > Cheers Martin > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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