On 30/06/2010 16:01, Glenn Proctor wrote:
Hi
Near where I live there's a small stretch (about 100m) of the roadside
verge that has signs on it saying that it's a Site of Special
Scientific Interest.
It's only on one side of the road, and is about 0.5m wide for most of
its length, widening to about 2m near one end. Looking in the Wiki
(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Reserve) there
is a suggestion, by Alex McKee to tag it as:
"Map the boundary of the site as a polyline or relation and tag as
boundary=reserve + designation=sssi"
is this what others are doing? I'll do it this way unless I hear otherwise.
I've never seen that proposal before, I'm not sure if there's been any
previous discussion of it anywhere.
But it does all seem to be a good idea. I think there is a need for some
sort of boundary tag for nature reserves and other protected areas, and
tagging them with their designation.
Though I'm not sure if "reserve" is the best word for it, it seems a bit
ambiguous.
There is an alternative proposal here for boundary=protected_area:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dprotected_area
But IMO that proposal is overly complicated, trying to cover everything
in the world, and using numbers instead of words for the designation/status.
Craig
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