<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The issue, as I see it, is that the OSM landuse=forest means that all the land so designated is used for timber production. Thus the long discussions about natural=wood, landcover=trees, etc. In the case of the US National Forests, the boundaries are still tagged with <span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em;" class="">boundary=national_park, </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em;" class="">boundary:type=protected_area, </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em;" class="">protect_class=6 and </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em;" class="">protection_title=National Forest which should be enough for a map renderer to decide to paint the area in a distinctive area.</span><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 17, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Charlotte Wolter <<a href="mailto:techlady@techlady.com" class="">techlady@techlady.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<x-tab class=""> </x-tab>I see your
point that it's not a "natural" forest, but national <br class="">
forests are important institutions as preserves, especially, in addition
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to their other uses (recreation, research).<br class="">
<x-tab class=""> </x-tab>Having
just returned from a camping vacation in the Southwest, <br class="">
I am especially aware that the national forests, as an institution,
play<br class="">
an important role there. On most map systems, they are noted by their
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green color, and that is what most map users expect to see. They use<br class="">
the color to plan where to camp and where they can conduct certain<br class="">
activities (hunting, fishing). <br class="">
<x-tab class=""> </x-tab>Shouldn't
their special status be noted somehow?<br class=""><br class="">
Charlotte<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>