Tag:surface=earth

Used for where surface is exposed earth/soil/dirt but it is not sand or gravel or rock.

surface=earth road

• Use surface=sand for sand surface
• Use surface=compacted where gravel and binder was rolled into a compacted surface
• Use surface=gravel for surface covered with gravel
• Use surface=fine_gravel for surfaces covered with fine gravel
• Use surface=mud if surface is typically a mud

See Key:surface for overview of all surfaces including paved ones.

Likely an exact synonym of surface=dirt. Some mappers may use various distinctions between surface=dirt and surface=earth - but no systematic difference is to be expected.

External links

• Review of this page on tagging mailing list on 2022-09 (none protested)

See also

• surface=soil - synonym of surface=earth, but less used