[OSM-talk] Map features page information

[Andy Robinson]

ok, that’s cool. I take back the suggestion that the distinction is based
upon the type of tree. wiki amended. Removed wood from the landuse section
and just left in forest for a managed forest or woodland plantation. In
natural I changed "woodland" to just "wood". In both cases landuse=forest
and natural=wood and any other permutations might all be rendered on a map
in the same way anyway for now. A better definition for both might spin out
with time.

It's interesting to read what the OED says regarding both. Very little to
distinguish between them in the natural sense in that they both relate to
larger tracts of land covered with trees albeit that a wood would appear to
be smaller than a forest.

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Barnett, Phillip [mailto:Phillip.Barnett at itn.co.uk]
>Sent: 19 September 2006 1:25 PM
>To: Andy Robinson; Mike Collinson; talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: RE: [OSM-talk] Map features page information
>
>I don't know what makes you give this distinction between woods and
>forests based on treetype - that's not so at all. Forests can be
>principally deciduous too!
>The actual distinction is to do with canopy cover - ie, density of trees
>- woodland being lightly populated, and forest being more impenetrable.
>(This is obviously in addition to the historical meaning in the case of,
>say the New Forest in the UK )
>
>Phillip
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org
>[mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Andy Robinson
>Sent: 19 September 2006 09:37
>To: 'Mike Collinson'; talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Map features page information
>
>Thanks Mike, I've changed your forest and wood comments a little to
>reflect the fact that these would be Managed. Wood being principally
>deciduous and forest being principally coniferous. Have also added a
>"woodland" value to the "natural" section to cover naturally occurring
>woodland.
>
>Made one or two other obvious additions.
>
>One specific change to the existing Map_Features list:
>railway=preserved_rail has been changed to railway=preserved, since the
>rail bit at the end is redundant.
>
>I added a few other comments elsewhere too.
>
>Cheers
>
>Andy
>
>Andy Robinson
>Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk
>
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>>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Mike Collinson
>>Sent: 19 September 2006 7:33 AM
>>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>>Subject: [OSM-talk] Map features page information
>>
>>As a Brit living overseas for most of my life, I've been through
>>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features and tried to add
>>entries to the comments area to help explain UK-centric terms and
>>amplify others for non-English speakers.
>>
>>1) Would one of the longer term members have a quick flip through and
>>make sure I haven't deviated from previously agreed/understood meaning?
>
>>I assume, for instance, that forest/wood means lots/not so many trees
>>rather than the older definition of hunting area!
>>
>>2) Can I ask if the ISO 3601 YYYY-MM-DD format should be standard for
>>all dates? I'll add that too.  www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
>>
>>Mike
>>Oz
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