On 08/20/2014 04:58 PM, Richard Z. wrote:
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 06:45:30PM +0100, Rob Nickerson wrote:
Hi,
Sorry to raise this issue again but it really does need resolving:
* for ensuring good data; and
* to prevent forest and wood being rendered as the same thing [1]
Currently the descriptions in the green box on the right of the wiki page
(and thus those that get picked up by taginfo and other software) are:
Wood: Woodland with no forestry
Forest: Managed woodland or woodland plantation.
In my eyes this is pretty clear. What am I missing / why does there seem to
be so much confusion?
landuse/landcover/natural need resolving so I would not spend too much
energy on partial improvements of it.
True, but this is the largest single part of what needs to be fixed
about it all.
Personally, I think the following scheme would work well:
landcover=forest
anywhere there's trees on the ground
landuse=managed_forest
where logging activity occurs or the forest is otherwise closely
tended by humans
natural=wild_forest
forests without much human activity, either because they're
protected or because they're far away from humans
The landuse and natural tags would be in addition to landcover. The vast
majority of areas would have neither, because they're not cared for by
humans but they're still too affected by human interaction.
This does get ambiguous anywhere humans decided "we want trees here, but
other than that we don't care", like the Three-North Shelter Forest
Program.
landuse could have crop=*, if known.
landuse=forest
Deprecated. Consumers probably want to treat this like
landcover=forest. Human editors should change this to a newer
tag only if they know what is appropriate, with the hint that
it might be a managed forest, if the original editor was paying
close attention.
natural=wood
Deprecated. Consumers probably want to treat this like
landcover=forest. Human editors should change this to a newer
tag only if they know what is appropriate, with the hint that
it might be a wild forest, if the original editor was paying
close attention.
--Andrew
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