[Tagging] Forest vs Wood

Pieren pieren3 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 22 08:43:30 UTC 2014


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Andrew Guertin <andrew.guertin at uvm.edu> wrote:
> landcover=forest
>         anywhere there's trees on the ground
> landuse=managed_forest
>         where logging activity occurs or the forest is otherwise closely
>         tended by humans
> natural=wild_forest
>         forests without much human activity, either because they're
>         protected or because they're far away from humans

So, after 7 or 8 years of confusion about 2 main tags for "forest",
the best idea now is to introduce a third one...

Pieren



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