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<tt>Hi,<br>
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The present wiki description;<br>
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<tt><i>Forest. Sometimes considered to have restricted meaning
"Woodland with no forestry".<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dwood">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dwood</a><br>
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</i>The definition then leaves 'forestry' up for interpretation. <br>
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I would rather have something clear!<br>
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</i><i>An area of trees that are not intended to be used to
produce products.</i> ?<br>
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This gets away from;<br>
If the area was logged in the past .. is it now natural?<br>
If it was planted with non-native trees ... is it 'natural'?<br>
If it is planted with grafted trees ... etc etc.. <br>
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Conversely then landuse=forest would be <br>
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An area of trees used to produce products.<br>
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An example of products (not all possible products);<br>
wood pulp<br>
wood planks<br>
wood beams<br>
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Edge cases - some can argue over <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span>
:-) </span></span><br>
sugartrees- produce maple syrup<br>
rubber trees-rubber<br>
cinnamon<br>
tea tree oil<br>
eucalyptus oil<br>
sandalwood <br>
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I think those are all landuse=forest. <br>
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What say you ... ? Is there an improvement to be made here? <br>
Is it simple enough to be;<br>
understood?<br>
easily interpreted into other languages?<br>
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