[Tagging] [Talk-us] Large fire perimeter tagging?

[stevea]

On Sep 27, 2020, at 12:45 AM, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> landuse=forest is used to tag tree covered area, not for how land is used
> 
> It is also basically universally interpreted this way by various data consumers.

Mateusz, I do not disagree with you to simply disagree:  landuse=forest is not "basically universally interpreted this way."  Rather, I ask you to look at https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Forest which says there are at least a half-dozen (six, 6) different approaches taken by OSM mappers using the landuse=forestry and natural=wood tags.

"Around here" (in California, USA, where I map and tag forests and wooded areas), we use something much like Approach 3, except it isn't strictly true we view "most woodland as managed or maintained."  Rather, we view "woodland as managed or maintained" when we know it is both "zoned" for Timber Production and there is an active "logging permit" that has been legally approved, or "forestry action" taking place:  trees being felled, logs being taken away via sluice, truck or other method, replanting, etc.

"Around here" (and by contrast to landuse=forestry), we do use the natural=wood tag for "predominantly wooded areas where there is no active logging" or logging is known to not be permitted.

SteveA