On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Tyler<[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > I've a question about mapping the different types of park. I've been using > boundary=national_park for national parks and forests and then tagging > national parks as landuse=nature_reserve and forests as landuse=forest I've > also been tagging ownership=national > However with state, county and city parks of similar wilderness use or of > more generic recreational use I'm at a loss. leisure=park is not appropriate > given the wiki definition "open, green area for recreation, usually > municipal." This is fine for city green spaces, but doesn't work for > state/county recreation areas which may be either wilderness or managed > trails, motorcycle tracks, boat launches etc. > nature_reserve isn't appropriate as they're usually not preserving nature > I have been tagging state and county parks which are not open green spaces > as parks for the time being, but if anyone has any other suggestions I would > love to hear them.
Why is landuse=forest not appropriate for parks/forests with the same uses but with a "lower" administrative classification? landuse=forest is for managed land with trees on it regardless of who manages it. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
