Hi Samuel,
About tagging forested areas, I would use landuse=forest only if it is obvious on the field that the area is managed/harvested, as for landuse=orchard or landuse=vineyard. We have a lot of Christmas tree plantations in the area and I map them as landuse=forest because it is obvious on the imagery and on the field. If it is difficult to determine if an area is under timber lease or not, because it looks the same, I would keep it natural=wood... About Cut blocks, I would map the hole they create that wooded area. If the area is replanted, then some OSM contributor will remove the hole you map in 10-20 years from now! Mapping the reality is the best we can do and because the reality changes over time, we can keep mapping !-) Daniel _____ From: Samuel Longiaru [mailto:longi...@shaw.ca] Sent: March-04-11 21:45 To: talk-ca Subject: [Talk-ca] Mapping cut blocks in "wooded" areas Hi Everybody, I've been importing CanVec mostly south of Kamloops for the past several weeks and am going to take some time now to go back and bring stuff up to date. One question I have though is in regards to how to treat cut blocks in the wooded areas. I see according to the map features wiki, that the CanVec imported tag of natural=wood is technically not correct, at least for here, as wood is to be reserved only for completely reserved/unmanaged areas. I guess most of what I have should really be mapped as landuse=forest but I have not made the change because what is under timber lease and what is not would be difficult to determine. In one sense it's all managed to some degree or other. But my point is rather what should be done with the cut blocks, which in some areas constitute up to 50% or more of the forested area. http://osm.org/go/WJ1cj_R is a typical area. It seems improper to keep them as wooded when they are clearly not, and yet most are replanted and will be wooded again someday... or at least that's what they keep telling us. I started mapping them as it truly gives a more accurate representation of the current state of affairs on the ground... but thought I'd better get some guidance before proceeding too far. Thanks, Sam L. Kamloops
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