Oh, and we shouldn’t forget leaf_type=leafless <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leaf_type%3Dleafless>
This is used for cactus and other succulents, and it’s currently rendered by the Openstreetmap-Carto style, for wood and forest. Leaf_cycle is rendered by the Alternative-Colors style made by Christoph, if you want to see an example of how this can look: http://blog.imagico.de/differentiated-rendering-of-woodland-in-maps/ And http://blog.imagico.de/more-on-vegetation-rendering-in-openstreetmap-maps/ On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 10:10 AM Joseph Eisenberg < joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > the only way I see in the Wiki is to use the leaf_type=* tag > > You can also use leaf_cycle= to tag deciduous vs evergreen, and also > semi-deciduous, semi-evergreen and mixed: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:leaf_cycle > > This accounts for most types of woodland, along with leaf type. The rest > can be inferred from latitude (eg forest/wood in the tropics is clearly > tropical) and elevation (montane vs lowland rainforest) which is readily > available information. > > Probably there is no need for mappers to tag elevation and > latitude-related distinctions. > > The one thing that’s missing is a tag for the density of the main > vegetation type; is it a dense canopy of trees, or dense scrubland, verses > more widely spaced. > > And there isn’t a way to tag a grassland with scattered shrubs or trees, > probably because this is not common in Northern Europe. > On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 9:58 AM Sergio Manzi <s...@smz.it> wrote: > >> Well, sorry, obviously I did an editing mistake and the "*Wikipedia >> defines 6 types of forest*" phrase jumped up in the wrong place: it >> should be just above the dotted list of forest types... >> >> Sorry about the confusion... >> >> Sergio >> >> >> On 2019-01-23 01:52, Sergio Manzi wrote: >> >> Only about the cited point (*tagging natural forests as natural=wood*), >> I think a natural forest should be tagged as natural=forest (*quite >> logically, I would say...*), while natural=wood should be reserved for >> "small forests" (*which is one of the possible meaning of "wood" in >> English, if I'm not mistaken*). >> >> Also please consider that "forest" is very generic, and we could be >> willing to more exactly define which kind of forest we are tagging (*and >> eventually have it rendered accordingly*). >> >> To this extent the only way I see in the Wiki is to use the leaf_type=* >> tag (*and only"broadleaved", "needleleaved" and "mixed" are defined as >> possible values*).Wikipedia defines 6 types of forest: >> >> But to me a forest is not just "a lot of trees", but an entire ecosystem >> dominated by trees. And those ecosystems can be very different between >> different continents and latitudes. >> >> - Temperate needleleaf >> - Temperate broadleaf and mixed >> - Tropical moist >> - Tropical dry >> - Sparse trees and parkland >> - Forest plantations >> >> I think we should be (somehow) able to tag those types. >> >> Please also check the sixth forest type described in Wikipedia (*Forest >> plantations*): I think it coincide with the "forestry" concept we are >> talking about in the thread (*landuse=forestry, or whatever...*). >> >> Cheers, >> >> Sergio >> >> >> On 2019-01-23 01:00, Peter Elderson wrote: >> >> Natural forests could be preferably tagged as natural=wood ... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >
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