[RFC] Feature Proposal - landcover proposal V2

[Matija_Nalis]

@dieterdreist

this is not what I would expect from “landcover”. Graves are under the surface, you cannot see them, you can only see the plants growing on them, the tombstone

I agree absolutely!

landuse=cemetery would have smaller polygons (patches) tagged with cemetery=grave (and/or historic=tomb), and those smaller polygons might additionally be tagged with landcover=* (or surface=*, for those who dislike landcover) with value of e.g.:

• dirt (like this one)
• grass (like this one)
• pebblestone (like this one)
• flowers (like this one)
• granite (like this one)
• marble (like this one)
• concrete (like this one ?)
• heath (?) (like this one)
• bones (like this one)

In other words, if one is about to use landcover=*, please use it only to describe the material that is actually covering that specific patch of land, eh? Not the function of it – doing that does not make any sense at all, and would destroy any credibility that landcover=* tag might have left.

Because what would be next in the line if landcover=graves would be OK? landcover=pitch? landcover=parking_space? landcover=restaurant? landcover=mailbox? landcover=motorway?