<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Can you provide some examples of where this new tag (boundary=forest) would make sense?<div><br></div><div>It seems to represent a type of forestry management system which does not exist in North America, central America or Indonesia where I have personal experience. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div>"boundary=forest - this relation is used to describe a forest, understood as a wide area considered as a distinct piece of land, largely but not necessarily only composed of wooded areas."</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Then it is mentioned that the boundary=forest might consist of many small boundary=forest_compartment features (boundary=forest_compartment) - <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dforest_compartment">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dforest_compartment</a> - which is more or less a parcel, similar to mapping a residential or commercial plot or property?</div><div><br></div><div>This seems like mapping cadastral information (land ownership) which is often not possible, though at least for boundary=forest_compartment it is claimed that in some countries these are marked by posts at the corners or cutlines between, so in that case those features could be mapped. </div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps it would make more sense to map the corner boundary markers as marker=post rather than creating areas or relations for each parcel - the marker posts are verifiable and can be used for orientation when walking around.</div><div><br></div><div>-- Joseph Eisenberg</div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:07 AM David Marchal via Tagging <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Hello, there.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I designed a proposal for mapping forests and their compartments, by separating these features from underlying landuse/natural features, thus allowing to link non-wooded areas to their belonging forest : <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/boundary%3Dforest(_compartment)_relations#Features.2FPages_affected" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/boundary%3Dforest(_compartment)_relations#Features.2FPages_affected</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>You may, and are invited to, comment this proposal on its discussion page (<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/boundary%3Dforest(_compartment)_relations" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/boundary%3Dforest(_compartment)_relations</a>), where a topic already waits your comments for improving the proposal.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Awaiting your contributions,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards.<br></div><div><div><div>--<br></div></div><div>Sent with <a href="https://protonmail.com" target="_blank">ProtonMail</a> Secure Email.<br></div></div><div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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