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Tagging a gravel pit

3	How do I correctly tag a minor gravel pit? (It's not my image, but the gravel pits I've found look similar.) gravelpit gravel pit tagging gravel-pit asked 21 Jan '11, 17:46 gnurk 6.1k●10●60●96 accept rate: 15%

One Answer:

That should be tagged as landuse=quarry.

If possible, you can draw it as an area, to indicate how big it is. You could also add an appropriate tag for resource=* to specify what is being extracted.

answered 21 Jan '11, 18:51

Vclaw
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Thanks! I will go for landuse=quarry until further. The OSM community seems to be split between landuse=quarry, landuse=surface_mining, surface_mine, mining, etc...

(21 Jan '11, 21:37) gnurk

I can't believe sand is not included under the resources tag. There are a lot of sand and gravel quarries round here, for the road and building industries. Obscure metals don't come into it.

(21 Mar '13, 11:11) digby