Trust me on this but I don't think these particular ones are.  It's in one
of the more built up areas and some trees have been mapped but less than a
fifth of the trees in the tile have been mapped and the ones that have been
seem fairly random.

Looking at the other items mapped I suspect they prefer to map water and
trees.

Cheerio John

On 12 November 2014 20:18, Tom Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:

> One reason is if the tree is a significant landmark.
>
> Tom Taylor
>
>
> On 12/11/2014 7:27 PM, john whelan wrote:
>
>> I'm happy and content and they are much easier to map than buildings but I
>> just wondered if there was any logic behind it other than they had grown
>> tired of mapping buildings.
>>
>> Thanks John
>>
>> On 12 November 2014 19:14, Blake Girardot <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>  I don't think you missed anything in the Project instructions for
>>> individual trees. But with the missing maps project, OSMGeoWeek and other
>>> assorted welcome to mapping type events it just be someone who thought it
>>> would be fun to map in a few trees. I saw a couple of those recently when
>>> doing some validation.
>>>
>>> So that is my guess: Someone just wanted to map in some trees for fun
>>> and/or experimentation with mapping, tagging and/or rendering. As Bob
>>> Ross
>>> might ask: "Who doesn't like happy little trees?"
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 6:45 PM, john whelan <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  I know they're nice but why would anyone spend time mapping trees rather
>>>> than buildings in a HOT area?  Or did I miss something in the tasks?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Cheerio John
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