Green space access ITO map

No longer available, see Ito Map.

Greenery Access Rights

The Green space access map on ITO Map highlights a range of 'green' areas and indicates if they are definitely available for use by the public, are definitely private or if the access status is unclear. Some areas are by definition open to the public (for example a village green), others, such as a park are likely to be available but one can not be user, for others it is impossible to say (a tennis court for example) etc. As well as indicating the likelihood of admittance, the map also shows incorrect tag combinations and ones that are discouraged.

Key

Colour	Meaning
Light green	Definitely open to the public although a fee may be required. No additional tagging needed.
Dark green	Probably open to the public. Add appropriate access/fee tag to clarify.
Black	No accessibility information given or implied. Add access or fee tagging to clarify
Dark blue	Probably not open to the public. Add access or fee tagging to clarify
Light blue	Definitely not open to the public. No additional tagging needed.
Red	The tag combination is illegal or discouraged (landuse=wood or a village green that is tagged as being private for example). See below for details.

Access tagging

The following access=* values are used to determine if an area is open to the public or not.

• Non public areas: access=no/private/official/military/argricultural/forestry/destination/restricted/delivery
• Public areas: access=yes/permissive/public
• Unknown access status: access=unknown

Alternatively fee=* can be used to specify if access is available with payment of a fee. Value include the following:

• free access: fee=no
• access available on payment of a fee: fee=yes, fee=$xx etc
• access is sometimes free and sometimes for a fee: fee=interval (see fee article for more details).

Areas that are checked

The following tags are checked and highlighted on the map in an appropriate colour:

Function	Tag	Colour
Camp site	tourism=camp_site	Probably not open to the public (dark blue) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Cemetery	landuse=cemetery	Probably open to the public (dark green) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Common	leisure=common	Open to the public by definition (light green); if it is tagged 'access=private' then this will be flagged as an error (red).
Dog park	leisure=dog_park	Open to the public (light green) unless tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Scrub	natural=scrub	Probably open to the public (dark green) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Fell	natural=fell	Probably open to the public (dark green) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Forest	landuse=forest	More information is needed (grey) to know if it is a) open to the public and tagged with 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' (light green) or b) closed to the public and is tagged 'access=private' (light blue).
Garden	leisure=garden	More information is needed (grey) to know if it is a) open tagged with any 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' or any other 'garden:type' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or b) tagged 'access=private' or 'garden:type=residential' in which case it is private (light blue).
Greenfield	landuse=greenfield	More information is needed (grey) to know if it is a) open to the public and is 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' (light green) or b) private being tagged 'access=private'.
Golf_course	leisure=golf_course	More information needed (grey) to determine if it is a) available for use by the public upon payment of a fee (fee=yes/xx) or b) is members only with access=private (light blue).
Grass	landuse=grass	Probably open to the public (dark green) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Grassland	natural=grassland	Probably open to the public (dark green) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Grave yard	amenity=grave_yard	Probably open to the public (dark green) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Heath	natural=heath	Probably open to the public (dark green) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Meadow	landuse=meadow	Probably open to the public (dark green) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Moor	natural=moor	Probably open to the public (dark green) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Nature Reserve	leisure=nature_reserve	More information is needed to know if it is open or closed to the public (black) unless tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue) or tagged with 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green).
Orchard	landuse=orchard	Probably not open to the public (dark blue) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Park	leisure=park	Open to the public (light green) unless tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Pitch	leisure=pitch	More information is needed to know if it is open or closed to the public (black) unless tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue) or tagged with 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green).
Recreation ground	landuse=recreation_ground	Probably open to the public (dark green) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Village green	landuse=village_green	By definition it is accessible to the public (light green); if tagged as private then this will be flagged as an error (red).
Vineyard	landuse=vineyard	Probably not open to the public (dark blue) unless tagged 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green) or tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue).
Wood	natural=wood	More information is needed to know if it is open or closed to the public (black) unless tagged 'access=private' in which case it is private (light blue) or tagged with 'access=permissive' or 'access=yes' in which case it is definitely open to the public (light green).

Unsupported tag combinations

The following tag combinations are not recommended on the wiki and are highlighted in red on the overlay map:

Tag	Suggested	Reason
amenity=graveyard	amenity=grave_yard	Unsupported tag.
landuse=garden	leisure=garden	Unsupported tag.
landuse=nature_reserve	leisure=nature_reserve	Unsupported tag.
landuse=village_green with access=private	landuse=village_green with access=yes OR landuse=grass with access=private	'landuse=village_green' is based off of legal status where the area is open to the public.
landuse=wood	natural=wood or landuse=forest	Discouraged tag.
leisure=common with access=private	leisure=common with access=yes OR landuse=grass with access=private	'leisure=common' is based off of legal status where the area is open to the public.
leisure=field	landuse=grass, natural=grassland, landuse=meadow or landuse=farm	Unsupported tag.
leisure=grass	landuse=grass, natural=grassland or landuse=recreation_ground	Unsupported tag.
leisure=green	landuse=grass, landuse=village_green or leisure=common	Unsupported tag.
leisure=golf	leisure=golf_course	Unsupported tag.
natural=garden	leisure=garden	Unsupported tag.
natural=grass	natural=grassland	Unsupported tag.
natural=meadow	landuse=meadow	Discouraged tag.
natural=scrubs	natural=scrub	Unsupported tag.

Related OSM Initiatives

Wiki page detailing natural and environmment OSM projects and tags:Environmental_OSM