User:Ianlopez1115/Tagging/Land elements

Name	Image	Tags used	Description	Related terms
Airport	File:NAIA Terminal 3.jpg	aeroway=aerodrome (see Aeroways for related tags)	An area where various aircraft can take-off and land	Aeroway
Beach		natural=beach	An area along the coast or along another body of water consisting of sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, cobblestones or sometimes shell fragments. Not to be confused with beach resort.
Beach resort		leisure=beach_resort	A resort along the coast or along another body of water. May have facilities such as toilets, showers, lifeguards, cabanas, etc. Not to be confused with beach.
Brownfield		landuse=brownfield	An area scheduled for new development where old buildings have been demolished and cleared	Cleared area
Cemetery		landuse=cemetery	An area where the remains of deceased persons are buried or interred. Usually located outside places of worship.	Memorial park
Construction site		landuse=construction, construction=* (if applicable)	An area of land being built on	Building site
Industrial complex		landuse=industrial	An area used for industrial purposes (factories, warehouses)	Industrial area
Landfill		landuse=landfill	An area designated by local government units or regional agencies for disposing waste materials by burial. Materials recovery facilities that aren't located inside landfills are tagged as either landuse=industrial or building=industrial	Dumping ground
Mangrove		natural=wetland and wetland=mangrove	An area composed of coastal wetlands characterized by salt-tolerant trees, shrubs, and other plants growing in brackish to saline tidal waters
Meadow		landuse=meadow	An area of land primarily vegetated by grass plus other non-woody plants (wild flowers)
Military base		landuse=military, military=* (if applicable)	An area used for military purposes
Mixed use area		landuse=commercial or landuse=residential or landuse=retail, depending on the dominant use for the land	An area composed of offices, shops and/or houses	Commercial complex
Office complex		landuse=commercial	An area composed of multiple offices in one or multiple buildings
Orchards		landuse=orchard	An area used to mark intentional planting of trees or shrubs maintained for food production	Food plantation
Quarry		landuse=quarry, resource=* (if applicable)	An area used for surface mineral extraction. Underground mining sites may be tagged as either man_made=adit or man_made=mineshaft	Mining area; Surface mine
Railway areas		landuse=vineyard	Areas used for railway transport	Railway corridor
Religious sites		landuse=religious	Areas used for religious purposes, often for the grounds surrounding places of worship
Reservoir		natural=water and water=reservoir	An man-made area used to store water. May be covered or uncovered	Artificial lake
Residential area		landuse=residential	An area mostly composed of houses or apartment buildings	Subdivision; Village
Rice field		landuse=farmland and crop=rice	An area of land used to grow rice
Salt pond		landuse=salt_pond	An area where sea water is sun-heated, and salt is extracted by humans	Salt farm
Shopping mall		landuse=retail and shop=mall	An area composed of various shops/retailers located in a building or a cluster of buildings	Mall; Shopping arcade
Vineyard		landuse=vineyard	A piece of land where grapes are grown

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