Not muddy at all, your clarifications are excellent. Much obliged, mate! SteveA
On Oct 22, 2020, at 6:25 PM, Greg Lauer <gregory.la...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good question > > To be clear I am a Kiwi (New Zealand) who lives in Australia (and has spent > many years in the US) so my interpretation may be slightly muddled.... > > In general I consider a 'Park' to be a local area, generally managed by the > city or shire (county). Playgrounds, gardens, dog walking etc. Generally it > is for some form of recreation and/or green space in a city or urban area. > For example I would ask the kids to walk the dog in the park. > > In terms of county parks, state parks, etc we have slightly different > terminology. Part of this is related to a much smaller layer of government > and ownership (City/Shire, State, Commonwealth). We don't have the multitude > of Federal agencies (USFS, NPS, BLM etc) or layers of city, country, state, > federal government. In most cases 'National Parks' are managed by State > authorities (equivalent to State Parks in US parlance) , and several (IIRC) > National Parks managed by Commonwealth (Federal) Authorities (like NPS). > States Forests are managed by State Authorities (although some are > privatised). > > That said the use of 'park' to describe any public land is well understood in > AU. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
