User:Rudolf/draft landcover old

First attempt 2014

How to map (first version)

Landcover (first version), only parts of the earth's surface.

Tag	Subtags	Description	Picture	Deprecate
landcover=water	landcover:water=lake landcover:water=pond landcover:water=reservoir landcover:water=canal landcover:water=river	Area covered with water, located in the inland.		natural=water water=* (partly)
landcover=sand		Area covered with sand.		natural=sand
landcover=grass	landcover:grass=meadow landcover:grass=natural landcover:grass=wetland landcover:grass=savanna	Grassland.		landuse=grass landuse=meadow natural=grassland natural=wetland
landcover=heath		Shrubland habitat, found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils, and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Heath_(habitat) on Wikipedia		natural=heath
landcover=trees	landcover:trees=needleleaf landcover:trees=broadleaf landcover:trees=mixed	Area covered with trees, regardless of being maintained.		landuse=forest natural=wood
landcover=scrub		Uncultivated land covered with bushes or stunted trees.		natural=scrub
landcover=tundra		Treeless habitat, characterised by open, low growing vegetation with sedges, grasses, mosses and lichens. Mainly alpine tundra. tundra on Wikipedia		natural=fell natural=tundra
landcover=rock	landcover:rock=solid landcover:rock=scree landcover:rock=stonedesert	Area of visible rock.		natural=bare_rock natural=scree
landcover=ice	landcover:ice=summit landcover:ice=glacier landcover:ice=polar	Area covered permanently with ice.		natural=glacier
The values are somehow sorted by height of the vegetation zone.

Related tags

Additional tags to describe the landcover of the earth, as used in topography maps.

Areas, mostly significated in topography maps

Tag	Description
landuse=residential landuse=commercial landuse=industrial	Outline of the whole area covered by buildings, including brownfield.
landuse=cemetery	Cemetery
landuse=vineyard	Plantation of grape-bearing vines.
landuse=orchard	Plantation of trees or shrubs maintained for food production
landuse=farmland maybe cropland	Area used for tillage and pasture (animals, vegetables, flowers, fruit growing).

An alias to landcover in JOSM will improve the tagging work. Then you can filter "landcover" and get the whole area of landcovers.