2013/5/12 stevea stevea...@softworkers.com
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
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 this
On 12/mag/2013, at 14:04, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com 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
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 1:06 PM, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.comwrote:
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
2013/5/12 Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us
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,
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
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
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