[Talk-us] Washington, DC parks - boundary=national_park or not?

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

Interestingly, the National Park Service says[1]: "The President of the
United States lives in a National Park" (referring to President's Park).
This was a trivia item I remember from my grade school days.  So the
question is how much weight we put on the NPS calling something a National
Park, as compared to the IUCN definitions of National Park (which OSM's
protected area scheme is largely based on).

[1] https://www.nps.gov/whho/index.htm
[2]
https://www.iucn.org/theme/protected-areas/about/protected-areas-categories/category-ii-national-park

On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 10:31 PM Zeke Farwell <ezekielf at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think I agree with you, Joseph.  I could be convinced that the larger
> parks qualify, but not the smaller ones. For reference, Here's a map of all
> the land the National Park Service owns in Washington, DC.  I had no idea
> they owned all these little parks.
> https://arcg.is/04eHzT
>
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