[Tagging] Forest vs Wood

[Tobias Knerr]

On 20.08.2014 20:30, Matthijs Melissen wrote:
> On 20 August 2014 19:24, Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de> wrote:
>> 3. This distinction feels unusual for people in countries where
>> traditional maps use other factors to distinguish different wood
>> signatures, e.g. broadleaved/needleleaved. The little pine-like icons in
>> the landuse areas seem somewhat confusing in that regard, too.
> 
> Are there countries that use the wood/forest distinction in their
> maps? Do you have examples of such maps?

I don't have examples of such maps, and I'm not sure whether they exist
at all. Thus I tried to avoid making a definitive statement about this.

If such maps should indeed not exist, though, I feel this would only
emphasize the point that people are not used to this distinction.