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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Feb 13, 2021, 12:24 by tagging@openstreetmap.org:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>Dear mappers and taggers,<br></div><div><br></div><div>The boundary=forestry(_compartment) proposal (<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/boundary%3Dforestry(_compartment)_relations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/boundary%3Dforestry(_compartment)_relations</a>) has recently known significant changes: it now<br></div><ul><li>deprecates landuse=forest, as it replaces it and removes its confusion between forestry areas and wooded areas;<br></li><li>designates natural=wood for modelling wooded areas, managed or not;<br></li><li>deprecates landcover=trees, which is a duplicate of natural=wood;<br></li></ul></blockquote><div>Note that this parts will make some people quite unhappy.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Note that <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Forest">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Forest</a> exists not because noone <br></div><div>was willing to clearly define relevant tags, it was because multiple people did<br></div><div>it in incompatible ways<br></div><div><br></div><div>So it is likely that this will get shared opposition from people who completely disagree<br></div><div>with each other.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Also, <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2021-February/059247.html">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2021-February/059247.html</a><br></div><div>is quite relevant.<br></div><div><br></div><div>"deprecates landuse=forest" may be more feasible than for other tags with usage in millions,<br></div><div>as natural=wood is tag with a de facto the same meaning that is already widely supported<br></div><div>(though as it will appear shortly, some people have a different opinion, see also<br></div><div> <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Forest" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Forest</a> ).<br></div> </body>
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