<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">Hello, all.</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">I wondered if I could get some feedback on an idea. Several users were discussing tagging `natural=tree` and similar features with information relevant to foraging.</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">The most important issue, to me, is access. Access to a tree is not the same as access to pick fruit from it. For instance, I may go up to, sit under, and even hang a hammock from most of the trees in my local park. But I've learned that picking fruit from the same trees, while not specifically prohibited, is something the Parks people would prefer being asked about in advance.</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">Right now, tagging `natural=plant + species=*` is more than enough to keep track of plants of interest, but foragers in particular want to know: "will anyone care if I harvest this?" I thought it might be useful to have a tag, either `harvest:access=*` or `access:harvest=*` for this purpose. Is one preferable to the other?</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">A second point, though less important, is seasonality. It was suggested that perhaps seasonality can be computed based on location and species, and so a specific tag is not needed. On the other hand, within even a single species, the peak harvest season of a plant may vary by region. And foraging is an in-person activity by definition, so users would be able to validate such information in person, even per-plant, if desired. But I acknowledge that if you're foraging, you probably don't need to be told when it's "raspberry season".</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">And finally, is it worth the trouble of identifying the "harvestables" from a plant? For instance, wood nettle stalks can be harvested when very small, but as the plant ages, only the leaves are worth picking. A user on Discord suggested using similar syntax to conditional restrictions:
<code class="gmail-inline">`harvest:season=leaves @ (May-Aug); fruit @ Jun`. This would handle both multiple harvestables as well as seasonality.</code></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><code class="gmail-inline"><br></code></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><code class="gmail-inline">But perhaps that's taking things too far. I'd love to hear other thoughts on this topic, especially the access portion.<br></code></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><code class="gmail-inline"><br></code></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><code class="gmail-inline">Thanks much!</code></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><code class="gmail-inline"><br></code></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><code class="gmail-inline">-Josh Carlson<br></code>
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