[Talk-us] Tagging National Forests

[Charlotte Wolter]

         But, in the United States, forests are not always about
timber production. You won't get any timber for building from
a pinon-juniper forest. The trees are too small (though you will
get great pinon nuts and mesquite charcoal).
         It would be a serious problem for OSM if we don't provide
a way for renderers to indicate the national forests boundaries
clearly and distinctly, including our own renderer (because that's
what most people use, folks).

Charlotte


At 10:10 AM 8/17/2015, you wrote:
>The issue, as I see it, is that the OSM landuse=forest means that 
>all the land so designated is used for timber production. Thus the 
>long discussions about natural=wood, landcover=trees, etc. In the 
>case of the US National Forests, the boundaries are still tagged 
>with boundary=national_park, boundary:type=protected_area, 
>protect_class=6 and protection_title=National Forest which should be 
>enough for a map renderer to decide to paint the area in a distinctive area.
>
>>On Aug 17, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Charlotte Wolter 
>><<mailto:techlady at techlady.com>techlady at techlady.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>         I see your point that it's not a "natural" forest, but national
>>forests are important institutions as preserves, especially, in addition
>>to their other uses (recreation, research).
>>         Having just returned from a camping vacation in the Southwest,
>>I am especially aware that the national forests, as an institution, play
>>an important role there. On most map systems, they are noted by their
>>green color, and that is what most map users expect to see. They use
>>the color to plan where to camp and where they can conduct certain
>>activities (hunting, fishing).
>>         Shouldn't their special status be noted somehow?
>>
>>Charlotte
>

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