On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 at 20:13, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Jun 17, 2020, 11:48 by [email protected]: > > source:geometry... etc. > > source is better tagged in changeset tag itself (or in description of > changeset > if you use iD) > Both are accepted and either are very helpful for future editors to understand where information came from for future mapping. > Thus, “plantation=yes” distinguishes plantations from natural forests > > Good idea, there are some people trying to use landuse=forest vs > natural=wood > for that distinction - but due to many people not caring about that at all > the > supposed difference is lost > I can't see any documentation at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:plantation. It's my understanding that it's common practice for landuse=forest and natural=wood to make that distinction. At least around me everything is mapped pretty accurately that way. > and leaf_type=broadleaved vs needleleaved distinguishes pine from euc > plantations. > > You may want to add also https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/species > or https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/species%3Aen if both able and > interested > +1 if you know the species, however I think this only makes sense for landuse=forest where you have a homogeneous type of tree, natural=wood would almost always contain a diverse mixture of species.
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