[Talk-us] Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest (landuse=forest and US National forests again)

[Steven Johnson]

> does the landuse=forest assignment make sense on the National Forest
boundary,

No. The boundary indicated USNF ownership, not landuse/landcover.

or should it be on the forested areas within?

Yes, that's a more appropriate use for that tag.

Similar situation exists in the George Washington Natl Forest.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/38.8777/-78.4453 The boundaries here
represent the Lee Ranger district (an internal USFS admin boundary) do not
reflect surface ownership. I get why it's so ambiguous, but the boundaries
should reflect ownership on the ground.

Some efforts have made to import US Forest Service data:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_Forest_Service_Data#National_Forest_Boundaries
Still much to be done. If there is interest, we should take the discussion
to the OSM-US slack, #imports channel.

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On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I commented on http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/43314846 a few days
> ago - does landuse=forest really make sense there?
>
> For more details on the relation see http://www.openstreetmap.org/r
> elation/1447414#map=15/47.9626/-120.2074 and
> http://osm.mapki.com/history/relation.php?id=1447414 .
>
> All I know of the area is"lots of parts of it do have lots of trees", but
> does the landuse=forest assignment make sense on the National Forest
> boundary, or should it be on the forested areas within?  I mention this
> here rather because I'm sure there are people here familiar with the area,
> which I'm not.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andy
>
>
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