Tag:landcover=water

landcover = 
Description
A water covered area. See more common tags: natural=water, waterway=riverbank, leisure=swimming_pool, landuse=reservoir, landuse=basin, natural=wetland. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: natural
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
See also
Status: proposedPage for proposal
More details at taginfo
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The tag landcover= is very rarely used to map water covered areas. It is usually applied to inland bodies of water rather parts of the sea which is outside of the natural=coastline . In most cases a more common tag such as natural=water is added as well, or more rarely waterway=riverbank, landuse=reservoir, landuse=basin, or leisure=swimming_pool. It is not commonly used with natural=wetland.

Usage of landcover= is very small, its usage is thousands of times lower than of tags, and it is not currently supported by any major database users, such as publically available map renderings.

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