[talk-au] Distinguish between National, State etc parks

[John Smith]

2010/1/4 Craig Feuerherdt <craigfeuerherdt at gmail.com>:
> How do we distinguish between National Parks, State Parks, State Forests and
> the like?

The name?

Such and such state park
Such and such national park?

State forests are usually state owned logging areas.

> Have started adding forest areas from the landsat imagery and have been
> attributing as "natural=wood", but I haven't found anything that would allow

Not all national parks are wooded, like

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson_Desert_National_Park

> me to better distinguish these areas. Obviously a National park is totally
> different from a State Park in terms of what can/not be done. It would also

That's a land use issue...