Tag "natural=upland" (as way) or enabling "way" for "place" tags

Hi there.

The tag place=isolated_dwelling, which should be used to name an almost unpopulated (often in the mountains), can be currently defined as node (point) or polygon (area), but not as a way (line).

Same consideration for place=isolated_dwelling, place=hamlet or place=locality: way is not allowed for them.

It often happens that, when in the mountains a place cannot be clearly delimited, standard maps typically draw the text outlining the covered region.

Check for instance this map that I have just found in Intenet: MAP SAMPLE

You can see that there are places, named with capital letters in this case, where the text itself shapes the related region. This is very typical for mountain areas and legacy topographic maps use to draw these regions in such ways.

Examples in that map: PLATA, COSTA DEL CIVELLO, HORNA HUTA, POZZETTA SECCA, SPIAZZI DEI MERCANTI, CHEMPLE, BOSCO SCURO, BOSCO PERGOLA, VERENETTA, etc.

These labels represent named sectors of mountain, without specific boundaries; they do not mark ridges, aretes, valleys, so we cannot use these already existing tags to name them.

Sometimes they are sub-ridges, sometimes are partial woods (but the zone can be part of a wood and sometimes includes pastures); often (or maybe usually) they are uplands (which do not have a tag in OSM currently).

From one side, marking such areas with polylines can lead to inappropriate tagging as the boundaries are not well definable; conversely, they do not deserve just a point, as they may represent an extended area, clearly shaped (often the original shape can be found in historic maps too, e.g., available in municipal archives. And in general, even through a research, a clear boundary cannot be found).

In my point of view, the most appropriate tagging to represent their shape would be using OSM ways.

Maybe a hypothetic natural=upland (to be represented as node, way or polygon) could address them. (Or please let me know alternative proposals.)

They might also be considered place=isolated_dwelling, place=hamlet or place=locality (even if overused). In this case, it would be worthwhile having the possibility to draw a line, representing them in their appropriate shape.

Consider also that their representation as a line (way) can be correctly rendered by Mapnik (after appropriate configuration of openstreetmap-carto); Mapnik can render them similarly to conventional maps (like the one I linked above).

Before initiating a proposal process, I would appreciate some advise here, thanks.