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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/07/18 10:25, Michael Patrick
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> Apparently areas used for logging-related purposes
are not to be mapped in<br>
> OSM .. there are no tags available for this land use.<br>
> We simply cannot map them.<br>
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Well, this complicates things for the US, most national
forests are for this purpose.<br>
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<div>Actually, it is not 'most' ... 2,000
Million total acres of land, only 150 Million under
unreserved forest land (timberland). And of that actual
harvesting affects only 10 million acres in the U.S.
annually, or about 1.3% of all forest land. But, I agree,
it is 'complicated':
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Yes it is complicated. <br>
Here a pink arse parrot takes up residence in a tree and you cannot
log near them. Fine. <br>
But the intention was and is to have that area available for timber,
may not happen for another 20 years .. but it should happen. <br>
So I'd still map it for the landuse of timber.<br>
There are other restrictions too - near a creek etc. <br>
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My idea of landuse=logging is that it takes place for a short period
of time (compared to the growing of a tree) so it is like changing
landuse=farmland to landuse=harvesting while crops are being
harvested.<br>
Not only that, but it may be that an area of trees is being cut down
to create a farm or a new suburb or some industrial plant ... so
landuse=logging is not a good tag. No mater how numerous the use of
the tag. <br>
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