<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Vao Matua <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vaomatua@gmail.com" target="_blank">vaomatua@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">This is an interesting discussion. As a tree farmer and professional forester I am offended by the suggestion that a harvested area is different landuse from areas that are in other stages of forest growth. <div>I understand the need to avoid current logging operations, but I would say that crowd sourced mapping is not the place to get that information. There are so many basic features missing from OSM, spending effort to collect vegetative landcover seems like a lower need, especially considering the fact that in a relatively short period of time the vegetative signature will be different.</div></div></blockquote></div><br>Palolo,</div><div class="gmail_extra">Thank you for your input. If I understand you, landuse=forest is what the land is being used for while landcover is what's there. To get a Warin's point, if you want to know if the area was clearcut recently, we should be using landcover. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">We do have a lot of features that need added to OSM. But I always encourage new mappers to map what they like. Currently I have been adding farmland to my county. It helps tell the counties story. Farmland is just part of the story, a big part of the county is also logging. Right now I'm reluctant to just start adding forested areas until I learn more. Any suggestions on how we should be mapping forested areas would be appreciated. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,</div><div class="gmail_extra">Clifford<br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>@osm_seattle<br></div><div><a href="http://osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us</a></div><div>OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch</div></div></div>
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