I think landuse=forest should remain intact, for cases where forestry is actually how the land is used. So the tag is not deprecated, it's just applicated more consistently.
I would encourage the use of landcover=trees for areas within landuse=<some other actual use>, or even within areas without a landuse (e.g because it's simply not detectable or known) 2018-06-07 23:37 GMT+02:00 Mateusz Konieczny <[email protected]>: > 7. Jun 2018 19:41 by [email protected]: > > and that a preferable spelling might be landcover=trees (if that is what > is meant) or landuse=forestry (if the land is actively managed as a > producing forest) > > This is not 'deprecating' landuse=forest - - > > it's still there, it can be there indefinitely, it can render correctly. > > > It is exactly deprecating it - see for example > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecation > > "In several fields, *deprecation* is the discouragement of use of some > terminology, feature, > design, or practice, typically because it has been superseded or is no > longer considered > efficient or safe, without completely removing it or prohibiting its use. " > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > -- Vr gr Peter Elderson
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