2013/5/12 stevea
> Yes, it seems confusing, but only if you think "landuse=forest" implies
> "all trees." It doesn't: it implies "all managed forest, whether with or
> without trees."
Yes, basically the actual use of landuse=forest is: "there are trees"
(judging from how people use this tag
I do agree with Mike Thompson's statement: "If neither of the two
tags being discussed (landuse=forest, natural=wood) are appropriate
for tagging a generic area covered by trees (regardless if it is
"virgin", "managed"), it would be really helpful to have a tag that
could be used for th
On 12/mag/2013, at 14:04, Greg Troxel wrote:
> So, I'd like to see a
>
> landcover=
>
> tag,
here it is http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/landcover
;-)
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If you have an area that cannot grow trees, due to altitude, inadequate
groundwater, or having exposed rock rather than soil (as with many
mountaintops), then, in what sense is it a managed forest? I am not talking
about areas that are temporarily treeless due to the trees having been
harveste
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 1:06 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote:
> If you have an area that cannot grow trees, due to altitude, inadequate
> groundwater, or having exposed rock rather than soil (as with many
> mountaintops), then, in what sense is it a managed forest? I am not talking
> about areas that a
2013/5/12 Clifford Snow
> For administrative purposes and area is designated a National Forest. In
> practice parts of the National Forest have no trees. Show nature=* make
> sense if we want to show what occupies the land. National Forest boundaries
> should be in OSM,
yes, but not as forests
If you have an area that cannot grow trees, due to altitude,
inadequate groundwater, or having exposed rock rather than soil (as
with many mountaintops), then, in what sense is it a managed forest?
I am not talking about areas that are temporarily treeless due to
the trees having been harvested
Fellow OSM'rs. We have only had one meeting so far with the OSM St Louis
MidAmerica Mapping Group, (last February) but it has paid some great
dividends. I have been asked by the American Society for Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) to present them with an overview of
OpenStreetMap, Open
Rick,
I gave an intro talk about OSM in July, and I broke the talk up into
sections suitable for adding on.
The setup for "building" the talk is a little complex (and needs
documentation) but the talk's git repo is at:
https://github.com/emacsen/osm-talk
If nothing else, you can take the slid
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