Jun 17, 2020, 12:35 by [email protected]: > > > 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. > Main problem with source:geometry as tag on object is that next mappers using a different source and editing object significantly are often not updating it, making it misleading. > > >> >> >>> 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. > It strongly depends on a location. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Forest is an attempt to describe the situation >>> 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. > Yes, it makes sense only where there is single tree type (what may happen also in natural or semi-natural forests). You can try ;-delimited list but it will quickly become absurd.
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