[Imports] Slovenia landcover import RABA-KGZ review

Greg Troxel gdt at ir.bbn.com
Tue Nov 24 14:43:29 UTC 2015


colored stone <coloredstone.si at gmail.com> writes:

> I think this isn’t really an error. This estimation based on analyses of
> existing elements raba:id=1410 (currently classified as natural=heath) –
> the question was – “how would OSM mapper classify this element according to
> the satellite image”. More than 80% of this elements would be classified as
> natural:scrub, some of them as landuse=forest (sometimes it is very
> difficult to distinguish scrub from forest), very few as landuse=meadow
> (1410 are former agricultural areas now overgrowth).

landuse=forest doesn't make sense to me for something derived from
landcover.  I realize this is not well agreed on.   But basically
landuse and landcover are separate concepts in geography, and I think it
is not helpful to blur them. 

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Forest

So if you have landcover data that says there are trees, that's
natural=wood
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