[Talk-us] Wilderness areas separate from forest?

[Joseph Eisenberg]

I agree that the current OpenStreetMap data is wrong.

For example, I grew up in the Klamath National Forest, and that area should
include the Marble Mountain wilderness, it’s shouldn’t be a hole in the
National Forest.

-Joseph

On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 10:40 AM Tod Fitch <tod at fitchfamily.org> wrote:

> If I am looking at the map data correctly, it seem that at least some
> designated wilderness areas are excluded from the forest that they are in.
> For example the Chumash Wilderness [1] seems to have its border as an outer
> on the Los Padres National Forest [2].
>
> This does not seem correct to me. In this specific case the wilderness is
> administered as part of the Mt. Pinos Ranger District of the Los Padres
> National Forest. I believe the same situation exists with the San Mateo
> Wilderness in the Cleveland National Forest.
>
> What is our tagging policy on this? Should the wilderness be shown as part
> of the forest that contains it? (I realize there may be wilderness areas
> that cover multiple forests but the usual case is that a wilderness area is
> a subset of a forest both geographically and administratively.
>
> Comments?
>
> Thanks
> Tod
>
>
> [1]
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2779216#map=12/34.7913/-119.1759
> [2]
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2784140#map=11/34.7975/-119.2302
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