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<div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">Jan 23, 2019, 8:42 AM by 61sundowner@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div class="">On 23/01/19 18:37, Mateusz Konieczny
wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="16px"><br></div><div style="16px"><br></div><div style="16px"><br></div><div style="16px">Date: Jan 23, 2019, 8:31 AM<br></div><div style="16px">From: <a class="" href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">61sundowner@gmail.com</a><br></div><div style="16px">To: <a class="" href="mailto:matkoniecz@tutanota.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">matkoniecz@tutanota.com</a><br></div><div style="16px">Subject: Re: [Tagging] Forest
parcel with other landcover (scrub, scree…): how to map?<br></div><div style="16px"><br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div class="">On 23/01/19 17:52, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="16px"><div style="16px"><div style="16px"><div style="16px">Note that many are
not using "forestry" to mean "using forest to<br></div></div><div style="16px"><div style="16px">produce wood".<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="16px"><br></div><div style="16px">People within OSM are using
landuse=forestry to mean that it provides some produce for
human benefit.<br></div><div style="16px"><br></div><div style="16px">The key 'landuse' is about
the human use of that land.<br></div><div style="16px"><a class="" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:landuse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:landuse</a><br></div><div style="16px">"used to describe the
primary use of land by humans. "<br></div><div style="16px"><br></div><div style="16px">It is not what is there ..
but what the use is by humans. <br></div><div style="16px">If there is concrete there,
or a swamp .. that does not determine what the use is. <br></div><div style="16px">The concrete could for a
roadway, or a sports court. <br></div><div style="16px">The swamp could be a native
reserve, or a waste water filtration system. <br></div></blockquote><div style="16px">It is not changing that
attempting to use landuse=forestry for "forest and associated
area <br></div><div style="16px"><div style="16px" text-align="left">that is used to produce wood"
mismatches with meaning of
word forestry.<br></div></div></blockquote><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">What definition of the word 'forestry' are you referring?<br></div></blockquote><div style="16px" text-align="left">See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forestry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forestry</a> for an example.<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">See <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Forestry">https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Forestry</a> for other examples.<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">Some mention restricted meaning "growing timber" but it is certainly not a clear meaning. <br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">You may prefer to use landuse=logging or something that has a clear meaning<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">rather than landuse=forestry to tag areas used primarily to grow wood.<br></div> </body>
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