Proposed features/bare rock
+/- natural=bare_rock
For areas of solid visible rock.
Used combinations in
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| bare_rock | |
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| Status: | Draft (under way) |
| Proposed by: | cade |
| Tagging: | natural=bare_rock |
| Applies to: | area |
| Definition: | A key to tag areas made principally or mostly of solid rock. |
| Rendered as: | A light grey area. |
| Draft start: | 2009-07-16 |
| RFC start: | 2009-07-19, 2011-01-26 |
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Contents |
Proposal
A key for tagging areas made principally or mostly of solid rock.
It is supposed to map the landscape type or the surface characteristics in areas where the bedrock is mostly uncovered leaving large areas of bare rock in big slabs or as a featureless area. It could be smooth or rugged with cracks and crevasses and do not imply any special class of passability. It could be plain or leaning, when it gets to steep consider natural=cliff instead.
The area should have little or no vegetation (sparsely vegetated areas where 90 % of the land surface is covered by rocks).
Pictures
Here are some examples of coastal areas that could be tagged with natural=bare_rock: Limestone field, Point Lobos, USA, A small skerry.
Some examples of monolithic mountains Cerros_de_Mavecure where it is obvious that there are parts that not are steep enough to use natural=cliff as an area.
Not to be confused with
- natural=scree - debris fields or other areas of loose rock.
- natural=stone - natural boulder or rock fragment that is not attached to the underlying terrain.
- natural=cliff - steep slopes and precipices
Tagging
Rendering
A light grey area.
Similar tags/proposals
- Proposed features/Tag:natural=rocks - similar proposal, now merged into this one
- In orienteering "bare_rock" is used.
- natural=bedrock
- natural=rock
- Proposed features/landcover proposing landcover=bare_rock for general description of an area of bare rock.
History of the proposal
- 2009. Originally proposed as natural=rock by user:Cade. It was meant as a quick way to tag areas of mostly rock. Discussion acc.to talk page showed that the word rock could mean many things.
- 2010 It led to a rewriting of the proposal to natural=bare_rock.
- 2011 Januar, RFC sent to tagging maillist. Discussion on landcover=bare_rock instead and how to tag loose rock that is not scree.
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