Great idea. I just sent out a message to user webfil, who seems to have initially mapped those lands.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 8:16 AM john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >I am guessing that some or all of the categories on that list under > class 7 can simply be deleted. > > Have you attempted to contact the original mappers? > > We have a few mappers in Canada who have been mapping for more than ten > years. > > John > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2020, 23:28 Brian M. Sperlongano <zelonew...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello neighbors to the north, >> >> I have been working to clean up and improve documentation on tagging of >> protected areas. I've found that in many cases the documentation on the >> wiki does not match how tagging is actually done in real life, so I am >> working to make the wiki more accurate and make the information more useful >> to mappers. >> >> The wiki [1] lists seven different categories that are tagged >> protect_class=7 in Canada. I was able to find wikipedia links for a few of >> them, but the other items in the list looked like generic terms that were >> just tossed in there by the original author ~10 years ago. >> >> So.. what does protect_class=7 tagging mean in Canada? Does this have >> real meaning or is it a long-ago forgotten convention? Since this value >> does not render on the default map, it is always paired with something like >> leisure=nature_reserve to force the drawing of an outline. An overpass >> inspection [2] shows that this value is almost entirely in Quebec. >> >> I am guessing that some or all of the categories on that list under class >> 7 can simply be deleted. I'd like to understand how this tagging is >> actually used in order to make the documentation useful and/or understand >> what the Canadian consensus for how these values *should* be used. >> >> [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:protect_class >> [2] https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/10bS >> >> -Brian (Rhode Island, USA) >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> >
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