13. Jun 2018 09:44 by marc.ge...@gmail.com <mailto:marc.ge...@gmail.com>: > Private vs. public does not matter. > Private gardens with some trees in it are not a forest. > A tree row in a field is not a forest for me. > > According to Wikipedia [1] there are hundreds of different definitions > of forest. Not only that, some people are only interested in mapping > "groups of trees" so the map is nicely coloured. > For me, a forest is more than just a group of trees. I don't have a > ready to use definition so there are many grey areas left. But think > about a park but with less human shaped areas (grass, ponds, benches, > waste bins), but still maintained by humans. It includes trees but can > also include bushes, plants, flowers, grass, ponds, streams and > paths/roads. Typically the paths are not as well maintained as in > parks. Please note that is how I see parks/forests in Belgium, other > countries can have different definitions. > Note that you look for a specific kind of forests. For example there are forests that are - logging oriented (with no paths and tracks usable only by heavy machinery) - nature reserves, with no entry allowed - private forests, with entry controlled by owner - and many more cases. Excluding private gardens and tree rows would be just a start (though it may be sufficient in case of Belgium). > * trees in gardens or in a meadow or any other area whose primary > function is not "trees" ( (using overlapping landuse ?) I use landuse=forest in that case (to mark area as covered by trees, not to record landuse).
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