<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-10-29 15:16 GMT+01:00 Tobias Knerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:osm@tobias-knerr.de" target="_blank">osm@tobias-knerr.de</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 27.10.2017 00:49, Dave F wrote:<br>
> The woods/forest problem is one of the worst tagging cock-ups in OSM.<br>
<br>
</span>Indeed. The current mess is especially disappointing because it hasn't<br>
always been that way: The status quo is the result of an attempt to<br>
"improve" the tagging years ago.<br>
<br>
>From my point of view, it's plainly obvious that there should be only<br>
one main tag instead of two.</blockquote></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">one tag for what? An area with trees? A forest? How would you define "forest"?</div><div class="gmail_extra">FWIW, there's already a compatible tag to say: "area with trees", and that is landcover=trees.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Cheers,</div><div class="gmail_extra">Martin<br></div></div>