For Your Geographers: OpenStreetMap - Landuse

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Link: OSM - Landuse

 

 

OSM Landuse Landcover is a WebGIS application to explore the OpenStreetMap database specifically in terms of landuse and landcover information.

 

Currently the map is still under development...

 

...OSM keys used for classification

 

Classification of the landuse/landcover classes are similar to the classification level 2 of the CORINE Landcover classes.

The following OSM keys were used to form the respective class:

 

1.1. Urban Fabric

residential, garages

 

1.2. Industrial, commercial and transport units

railway, military, aerodrome, industrial, commercial, retail, harbour, port

 

1.3. Mine, dump and construction sites

quarry, construction, landfill, brownfield

 

1.4. Artificial, non-agricultural vegetated areas

stadium, recreation_ground, golf_course, water_park, sports_center, playground

pitch, village_green, allotments, cemetery, park, zoo, marina, track, garden

 

2.1. Arable Land

greenhouse_horticulture, greenhouse, farmland, farm, farmyard

 

2.2. Permanent Crops

vineyard, orchard

 

2.3. Pastures

meadow

 

3.1. Forests

conservation, forest, wood

 

3.2. Shrub and/or herbaceous vegetation associations

grass, greenfield, scrub, heath, grassland

 

3.3. Open spaces with little or no vegetation

fell, sand, scree, beach, mud, glacier, rock

 

4.1. Inland wetlands

marsh, wetland

 

4.2. Coastal wetlands

salt_pond, tidal

 

5. Water bodies

water, riverbank, reservoir, basin