[OSM-talk] Xybot

Jonathan Bennett openstreetmap at jonno.cix.co.uk
Fri Oct 24 22:41:16 BST 2008


Frank Sautter wrote:
> can you please provide some information about that (way id). as far as
> i can say this should not happen. xybot changed "natural=forest" to
> "landuse=forest" and yes, wood and forest are not the same.
No, they aren't. And neither are natural and landuse -- natural
describes what exists in an area without the actions of humans, while
landuse describes the use that humans have put the area to. They're
distinctly different.

Jono.




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