[Tagging] Forestry/logging

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 10. Apr 2017, at 07:17, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us> wrote:
> 
> Any suggestions on how we should be mapping forested areas would be appreciated. 


my suggestion is to map the following 3 aspects (not necessarily in the same osm feature, but orthogonally, also overlapping if required):

natural=*. the named feature/forest, also nested smaller ones inside bigger ones. This is for toponyms and geographic features, e.g. a pond in the forest would be included 

landuse =forest. areas used to grow and log trees (actual current human use of land), a pond would not be included but a clearcut area still dedicated to growing trees would.

landcover=trees
all kind of areas where trees grow (physical aspect)

cheers,
Martin