As a person geared towards hiking and biking I’d like to turn more of the white space in the map to colored one.
I’d like to start a discussion regarding the landuse and natural tags and how to use them in Israel
My initial suggestions:
Planted forest (Typically by Kakal): ** landuse=forest**
Natural forest (often of oak and pistacia) like on mount Meron: ** natural=wood**, rare in Israel
Open area with sparse trees and mostly bushes, (בתה, גריגה) like in Adulam: ** natural=scrub ** - this is a very common feature of the Israeli landscape, but it’s rarely used - what do you think?
Open area with only very low bushes, like the top of mount hermon: ** natural=heath**, rare in Israel
Orchards of citrus, olive or deciduous treas: ** landuse=orchard**
Vinyards: ** landuse=vineyard**
Totally open grassy areas. either for growing feed (מרעה, אחו) or natural: ** landuse=meadow**
Agricultural land used for growing crops: ** landuse=farmland**
Dunes:** natural=sand**
Loose rocks (דרדרת): ** natural=scree**
There are overlaps with landuse=grass, and landuse=field which we need to discuss.