Proposal:Plant nursery

Tag:landuse=plant_nursery
Proposal status:	Approved (active)
Proposed by:	kmmoens
Tagging:	landuse=plant_nursery Data item
Applies to:
Definition:	Represents land that is used solely for plant nursery's
Statistics:
Rendered as:	green with yellow dots
Draft started:	2010-12-06 (?)
RFC start:	2010-12-07
Vote start:	2011-01-03
Vote end:	2011-01-17

Proposal

The intention of this tag would be to properly map these areas where plant nurseries exist. A plant nursery grows plants, much like a farmer would grow food. Plant (as opposed to human) nurseries are a common market garden feature of the English landscape, and I assume other nations as well. The proposal is pretty simple... show the name label, and possibly shade them or render a little plant icon.

Note, this tag is not intended for:

• Trees that are grown food food production, as a tag for it exists: landuse=orchard.
• Greenhouses, it is strictly meant for growing plants in open land, not inside a greenhouse, for these purposes landuse=greenhouse_horticulture is used.
• Vineyards, where grapes are grown for a variety of purposes, including the production of wine: landuse=vineyard.

Rationale

The concept of a tree nursery is difficult to map by means of the current tagging possibilities for these reasons:

• The tags landuse=forest or natural=wood cannot be used, as they are intended for effective forests. If you look in the landscape, the difference between forest and tree nursery's is very clear.
• The tag landuse=orchard cannot be used, as it is limited to food production.
• The tag landuse=farm can be used, but conceptually it doesn't feel right as it is not used for food production (crops) or holding animals.
• The tag shop=garden_centre is too specific to be used, i.e. it represents that shop that sells the plants themself, while this tag is intended for the area where they grow the plants that are later on sold in the garden centres.

Due the appearance in the landscape, the feature of a tree nursery is distinctive enough to have its own tag for mapping purposes.

Examples

Examples of areas where there are quite a few plantnursery's:

• Houtvenne, Belgium: Arbor, Boomkwekerij Van Dyck

In general in the complete world there are numerous tree nursery's, at various locations.

Tagging

The tree plant would belong to the landuse=* group, as it describes how an area of land is used.

Tag	Description	Notes	Photo
landuse=plant_nursery	Defines that the land is being used as a plant nursery.	The purpose of applying this tag must be for land that is used to produce trees, any other plantations that produce food must use landuse=orchard.
name=*	The name of the feature, if applicable.
operator=*	The name of the farmer/company which owns the plant nursery.
plant=*	The generic type of plant that is grown.	Possible values: tree, herb, bush, grass, vine, fern, moss, green-algae
genus=*	Scientific name of the genus (first part of the scientific name)	Refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus for details.
species=*	Scientific name of the species (popularly known as the Latin name). Please use the namespaces for local languages.	Refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species for details.

Tagging Examples

A plant nursery owned by Arbor which grows white oaks:

• landuse=plant_nursery
• operator=Arbor
• plant=tree
• genus=Quercus
• species=Quercus alba
• species:en=White oak

Rendering

The tag must be rendered as an area (). It is suggested to be rendered as follows:

Comments

Please use the discussion page for comments. Mailing list discussion

Voting

Please use {{vote|yes}} or {{vote|no}} and sign with -- ~~~~. If opposing, please state the reasons.

• I oppose this proposal. --Lulu-Ann 16:57, 3 January 2011 (UTC) (alas no reason --ZMWandelaar 18:15, 3 January 2011 (UTC))
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. This is one of the most important features that didn't have a tag yet. --Eimai 18:00, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. fills a leak. Please try to avoid confusion with (landuse=plant_nursery,plant=vine) and landuse=vineyard --ZMWandelaar 18:15, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. AM909 18:38, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. --Teddych 20:55, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. --Sean Horgan 06:48, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. --Surly 19:02, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- Dieterdreist 01:13, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- Doremite 09:28, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- Al3xius 09:01, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- defaste 10:21, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- Bigshot 16:21, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- Sky One 17:25, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- Ceyockey 23:28, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- DarkFlash 23:40 8 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- --Wemken 07:55, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- EdLoach 08:43, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- Mercator 10:57, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- AndiPersti 16:24, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- Scai 16:10, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- Skorasaurus 15:19, 15 January 2011 (UTC) [well articulated proposal]
• Error creating thumbnail: I approve this proposal. -- erkinalp 07:38, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

The vote is ended with a total of 22 votes of which there are 21 approvals and 1 oppose vote. This concludes that the feature is approved and moves to the post-vote state.

Opinions after vote

• I oppose this proposal. - in my opinion it is a bad idea to introduce yet another landuse. In this case landuse=farmland, farmland=plant_nursery would be preferable (landuse=forest. forest=tree_nursery for tree nurseries). Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 08:53, 7 October 2014 (UTC)