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

Jim Croft jim.croft at gmail.com
Mon Jan 4 08:22:13 GMT 2010


does not work...

only a handful of the named national parks are of national
jurisdiction and management (Uluru, Kakadu, Booderee, Norfolk and
Christmas Island, etc.)  The majority are run be the States and
Territories.

For clarity, a separate jurisdiction tag would be required.

jim

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:02 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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...
>
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