[Imports] Ottawa, Canada Tree Import

[Christoph Hormann]

On Wednesday 28 June 2017, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> >
> > Again, if this is improper it can be removed.
>
> I think operator is fine for someone who takes care (and
> responsibility) for urban trees, as is for forests in rural areas.
> Would "maintainer" be more precise? "maintenance" has only values
> like "gritting" and "salting", "maintainer" is rarely used so far
> (btw. all but a handful on a french motorway A16) It also doesn't
> seem we would have to distinguish from other uses of operator tags on
> trees, there's no ambiguity.

If locals in Ottawa consider these trees to be operated/maintained by 
the city and make the distinction between city operated trees and other 
trees then i would have no objections against 'operator'.

It is just that here i would not make this distinction since there are 
many trees on public ground that are clearly 'unmaintained' and others, 
especially young ones, in intensive care - but likewise on public and 
private ground.  And the whole spectrum in between.  And i am also not 
sure if trees at or on the medial strip of federal/state roads within a 
city are responsibility of the city or not.  So overall i would 
consider operator for natural=tree to be non-verifiable here.

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Christoph Hormann
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