+1 I believe the real problem was in the original creation of the tag, landuse = forest. This should, in my opinion, have been landuse = forestry, which would then have enabled the natural = wood tag to be used at the same time, or even natural = forest
Also, from Wikipedia, "A forest is an area with a high density of trees" .... "Forests are differentiated from woodlands by the extent of canopy coverage: in a forest, the branches and the foliage of separate trees often meet or interlock, although there can be gaps of varying sizes within an area referred to as forest. A woodland has a more continuously open canopy, with trees spaced further apart, which allows more sunlight to penetrate to the ground between them." Cheers PHILLIP BARNETT SERVER MANAGER 200 GRAY'S INN ROAD LONDON WC1X 8XZ UNITED KINGDOM T +44 (0)20 7430 4474 F E phillip.barn...@itn.co.uk http://WWW.ITN.CO.UK P Please consider the environment. Do you really need to print this email? -----Original Message----- From: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Tom Chance Sent: 20 July 2009 15:43 To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: [OSM-talk] Do we care if its forest or wood? Natural world mapping ... So putting to one side arguments about the inherent value of trees, British arboreal imperialism and Xybot tricks... Why do we care if something is a wood or a forest? Why do we care whether or not it's managed, and whether we all have the same sense of what "managed" means? Back in the good old days of stream vs river there was a clear need for maps to distinguish between them. We now have a nice range of water features from riverbank and river to stream and drain. Surely the basic, universal need is "there are some trees here, they're called Sherwood Forest"? Evoke natural=wood (lakes and beaches also fall in between managed and unmanaged land but are marked as natural) In addition you can add in: * type=deciduous (so we can all see what sorts of trees to expect) * landuse=forestry (so we know if it's managed for commercial reasons) I'd really like to nominate someone like Nick Whitelegg as Countryside Tsar for a day, so he could work out the different basic features we need to know about in the countryside and an appropriate tagging schema. Then, as always, a combination of wiki documentation, Mapnik & ti...@home rules, Xybot mischief and peer education could disseminate this sensible approach. Every time I try to map a walk up a hill I get depressed by the lack of comprehensible tags supported by renderers to get the map anywhere near as useful as Ordnance Survey. Regards, Tom _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk Please Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Independent Television News Limited unless specifically stated. This email and any files attached are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify postmas...@itn.co.uk Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of our clients and business, we may monitor and read messages sent to and from our systems. Thank You. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
