<div dir="ltr">Hello everyone, <div><br></div><div>I wanted to get some opinions on how exactly National Forest boundaries should appear in OSM. </div><div><br></div><div>Currently there are 2 ways national forest boundaries appear:</div><div><br></div><div>1. As simply the proclamation boundary, the original boundary authorized by Congress, like <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/393066#map=9/39.0565/-105.1639">Pike National Forest</a>. This, of course, shows entire towns as protected like a National Forest.</div><div><br></div><div>2. A boundary that excludes lands not owned by the Forest Service, therefore, only includes the land actually under the protection of the National Forest. See <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/10956348">Coconino National Forest.</a> </div><div><br></div><div>The USFS describes it as such: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">“External boundary” refers to the perimeter boundaries of a national forest or
grassland. In some cases, this boundary is also referred to as a “proclamation”
boundary, or the outer boundary within which Congress authorized a particular national forest to be established.“Internal boundaries” are those boundaries located within the external boundaries that distinguish National Forest
System lands from other lands (often referred to as inholdings). </blockquote><div><br></div><div>Which one would be better? Looking forward to feedback.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div>