User:JossSmithson/sandbox

This is the sandbox of user:JossSmithson. It will be used to compile and test information before it is added to the wiki proper.

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Tagging the natural environment

This table shows the world biomes as classified on the Wikipedia page:Biome with a corusponding OSM tag for each. Where no tag is currently being used a proposed tag is included.

Biome	OSM tag(s) currently in use	Currently proposed tag	New tag proposal
Tundra			natural=tundra
Taiga/boreal forests	natural=wood landuse=forest landuse=wood
Montane grasslands and shrublands	natural=fell	natural=grassland grassland=montane
Temperate coniferous forests	natural=wood landuse=forest landuse=wood wood=coniferous
Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests	natural=wood landuse=forest landuse=wood wood=coniferous
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests	natural=wood landuse=forest landuse=wood wood=deciduous wood=mixed
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub	natural=wood landuse=forest landuse=wood
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	natural=wood landuse=forest landuse=wood wood=deciduous
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	natural=wood landuse=forest landuse=wood wood=deciduous
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands		gatural=grassland grassland=temperate
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands		natural=grassland grassland=tropical
Deserts and xeric shrublands		natural=desert
Flooded grasslands and savannas		natural=grassland grassland=flooded
Riparian	waterway=riverbank ?
Wetland	natural=wetland
Aquatic biomes
Pond	natural=water
Littoral/intertidal zone	natural=beach
Mangrove forests	wetland=mangrove
Kelp forest	mappable, but necessary?		natural=kelp
Coral reef		natural=reef
Neritic zone	mappable, but necessary?
Continental shelf			?
Pelagic zone	N/a	N/a	N/a
Benthic zone	N/a	N/a	N/a
Hydrothermal vents	mappable, but necessary?
Cold seeps	N/a	N/a	N/a
Pack ice	natural=glacier
Other biomes
Endolithic zone	N/a	N/a	N/a