> From: stevea [mailto:[email protected]] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Talk-us] misuse of the landuse=forest tag for national > forests > > Hello Torsten: > > Please see our wiki pages at > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dforest and > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dwood regarding the > differences between forest (actively managed forests where timber > harvesting can and does take place, whether publicly or privately > owned), and wood, which is "for ancient or virgin woodland, with no > forestry use."
This is one of multiple definitions used, and the one you quoted is not one common in North America. See http://wiki.osm.org/Tag:landuse%3Dforest#Notes for three different approaches. I can say confidently that the "ancient or virgin woodland" definition for natural=wood is not commonly used in OSM in North America for the simple reason that there is almost no woodland meeting that definition. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
