Hi, The present wiki description;
/Forest. Sometimes considered to have restricted meaning "Woodland with no forestry".
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dwood /The definition then leaves 'forestry' up for interpretation. I would rather have something clear! / //An area of trees that are not intended to be used to produce products./ ? This gets away from; If the area was logged in the past .. is it now natural? If it was planted with non-native trees ... is it 'natural'? If it is planted with grafted trees ... etc etc.. -------------------------- Conversely then landuse=forest would be An area of trees used to produce products. An example of products (not all possible products); wood pulp wood planks wood beams Edge cases - some can argue over :-) sugartrees- produce maple syrup rubber trees-rubber cinnamon tea tree oil eucalyptus oil sandalwood I think those are all landuse=forest. =================== What say you ... ? Is there an improvement to be made here? Is it simple enough to be; understood? easily interpreted into other languages?
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