Key:landcover
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A key to describe the physical coverage of an area. 
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| Group: natural |
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| Documented values: 11 |
| See also |
| Status: in use |
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The following initial landcover values are proposed. These are currently the most used values (value inspiration [1][2]). As for landcover=trees, it is recommend to, as currently is done, double tag it with landuse=forest or natural=wood until that discussion is resolved.
Values
The table shows frequently used values from the most used. More can be found on Taginfo. You can sort the table alphabetically by tag by clicking the first column.
| Value | Uses | Comments |
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| trees | An area covered with trees. | |
| mostly_rock | ||
| grass | An area covered with grass. Use landuse=meadow for grass fields with an agricultural function or natural=grassland for natural grasslands | |
| scrub | ||
| dry_swamp | ||
| fell | ||
| bare_ground | ||
| greenery | An area covered in unspecified or various types of decorative greenery. | |
| shrubbery | A key to describe the physical coverage of an area. | |
| water | A water covered area. See more common tags: natural=water, waterway=riverbank, leisure=swimming_pool, landuse=reservoir, landuse=basin, natural=wetland. | |
| gravel | An area covered with gravel. | |
| sand | ||
| flowerbed | ||
| hedge | An area covered with a hedge. | |
| See all documented values See all used values on taginfo | ||
See also
- Proposal:Landcover (proposal from 2010)
- Proposal:Landcover proposal V2 (proposal from 2023)
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