<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:26 AM, Paul Norman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:penorman@mac.com" target="_blank">penorman@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">What do you think we should do with what I would normally tag natural=wood? There’s plenty of woods in the residential areas that aren’t mapped, but I’m not sure how to handle them.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I was hoping long time users and experts would jump on this question. It bothers me a little that land_use=forest is used in the area of the Black Forest community as there hasn't been any real managed forest in the area for decades. Historically it was the area that was logged to build early Colorado Springs, and was over harvested so was no longer a forest. Then it was replanted and brought back - but was also largely subdivided, so it is now largely woodland covering residential lots. The lots are large, many 5 acres and up. It now does not seem to fit the definition of landuse=forest of "Managed forest or woodland plantation".<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The land cover is definitely trees in much of the area so natural=wood certainly fits and doen't conflict with landuse=residential but can complement it. natural=wood "Woodland where timber production does not dominate use."<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">How landuse=forest is presented on renderers makes a resident of the Western United States think of National Forest land, as that is what other maps do. It might lead some, rightly or wrongly, to think of hikes and camping can be done there, but it is mostly peoples yards. The parks and open space of the area have been marked very well (and are mostly forested). The county contains much actual National Forest, just not in this area.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I am also aware that the tags can be badly defined, I'm trying to change that elsewhere now, but landuse=forest and natural=wood look to be good definitions. So experts, what is the proper way to map this? I'm just a casual mapper in OSM since April :-)<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Murry<br></div></div>