Santa Cruz County, California: Difference between revisions

Landuse data ''inside'' of city limits (cities of Santa Cruz, Capitola, Scotts Valley, Watsonville) derive from sources other than SCCGIS (which is county only) or have been directly experienced. See specific "City of..." sections below. There is an encouraging trend, for example in the [https://www.osm.org/way/220344508 Prospect Heights] neighborhood of Santa Cruz (a "neighborhood, fully zoned residential" as a polygon): smaller, much more accurate polygons tagged {{tag|landuse|residential}} have begun to be added, excluding streets, sidewalks, and other not-strictly-residential areas inside of the enclosing polygon. When the enclosing polygon is fully populated with these, its {{tag|landuse|residential}} tag becomes superfluous. However, the enclosing polygon still remains useful to "name" the neighborhood, so it should remain in OSM. At "fully populated" (with the smaller, more accurate polygons) change the {{tag|landuse|residential}} tag to {{tag|place|neighbourhood}}. This is consistent with the original intent of "capturing zoning with landuse is a good first step...then replacing these with more precise data correctly supplement them."

 

 

Santa Cruz has won a Gold Star Award from [http://bestofosm.org/?zoom=11&lat=36.9872&lon=-121.94481&layers=B0000000FFFFTTTTT BestOfOSM.org], one of only a few places in North America to have achieved this accolade. The site notes that OSM displays "''nearly perfect landuse!''" And, Joseph Eisenberg, one of the authors of Carto (OSM's default renderer) says Santa Cruz County "''looks like the best-mapped county in California, and one of the best in the USA, now.''" He has also downloaded it "''to use for testing new features.''" Keep up the great work, Santa Cruz mappers!