On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Frank Sautter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> hello,
>
> i'd like to make a proposal for landuse=surface_mining
>
> there are vast areas of land which are used for extraction of mineral
> resources (lignite/uranium/bauxite/gravel/sand) near the surface.
>
> we currently don't have an appropriate tag for these areas and these
> areas are just "holes" on our map.
>
> http://openaerialmap.hypercube.telascience.org/?zoom=12&lat=50.91228&lon=6.5049&layers=BT
>
> landuse=quarry is something similar but only covers stones as resources,
> as a consequence it would be depriciated as landuse=surface_mining is a
> superset.
>
> please comment on:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Surface_Mining
>
>
> frank
>

A quick search for "mine" or "mining" brought up these other proposals:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Mining_%28surface%29
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Mining
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/surface_mine

Karl
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