[Talk-us] Tagging National Forests

[Clifford Snow]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Paul Norman <penorman at mac.com> wrote:

> No. Unfortunately, all that a data consumer can gather from landuse=forest
> or natural=wood is that there are trees there.


Data consumers should be able to determine how much land is set aside for
harvest with landuse=forest. Besides knowing how much land is used for wood
harvest, it is useful information to know when calculating carbon offsets,
and as Charlotte said, campers and hikers look for green areas to explore.


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