I would recommend starting to use boundary=protected_area for State parks, and other parks that are large natural areas that are designed for a balance of tourism and protection of the natural environment but are not actually National Parks.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dprotected_area You can tag state parks like this: boundary=protected_area + protect_class=2 + protection_title="State Park" Protect Class 2 is the same type as National Parks, and will be rendered and interpreted the same by most database users, but the protection title makes it clear that it's actually a State Park, not a National Park. For county parks: many of these are small parks that are similar to a usual urban park, with gardens, playgrounds, sports fields etc, and can be tagged with leisure=park. Others are natural areas or nature reserves, and could use boundary=protected_area + protect_class=5 + protection_title="County Park". State and National Forests, which are used for logging and grazing as well as recreation, can be tagged as: boundary=protected_area + protect_class=6 + protection_title="National Forest" or "State Forest". These features will all be rendered the same as boundary=national_park and leisure=nature_reserve in many renderings styles, but it's nice to be a little more specific. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
