Oops. I see it was Warin that introduced crop=timber. A good choice of terms in any case.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com> wrote: > @warin, > > This is another laughable instance of how terminology we consider normal > is so different across the ocean. To Americans timber refers to the > standing trees in a forest. Timber is felled and cut into lumber. We might > describe an area as being "heavily timbered" or having "standing timber". > One would never substitute the word lumber for timber in either of those > phrases. A place that was "heavily lumbered" would imply that the trees had > been felled, removed, and cut up into boards which we call lumber. > > In this particular case these differences can be handily side-stepped > because John Willis offers the use of crop=timber, which works to clarify > the terminology without offending anyone while still being entirely > correct. > > > crop=timber > > crop=rubber > +1 > > Cheers, > Dave > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 8:25 AM, John Willis <jo...@mac.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Jan 10, 2017, at 9:20 AM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > There are other things produced by forestry ... >> > maple syrup for Canadians >> > rubber from rubber trees >> > various oils (tea tree oil, eucalyptus oil) >> > as well as timber. >> > >> > From the crop wiki I think this can be an additional tag for >> landuse=forest ... >> > crop=timber >> > crop=rubber >> > etc. >> >> +1 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > > > -- > Dave Swarthout > Homer, Alaska > Chiang Mai, Thailand > Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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