[OSM-talk] Woods vs Forests

Marc Gemis marc.gemis at gmail.com
Thu Nov 2 10:41:08 UTC 2017


On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02-Nov-17 08:58 PM, Tomas Straupis wrote:
>>
>> 2017-11-02 11:24 GMT+02:00 Marc Gemis wrote:
>>>
>>> The current situation is not helping in producing useful maps. Too
>>> often I find myself in a residential area with large gardens and trees
>>> when I expected to find a real forest based on what OSM is displaying.
>
>
> What is a 'real forest'? Compared to this 'residential area with large
> gardens and trees'?
>
> Would not the area give away what you would find there?
>
> How is a small area of trees different from a larger one?

What do you expect from

* http://osm.org/go/0Erceo7JJ-
* http://osm.org/go/0EjtkaxH
* http://osm.org/go/0ErRW49us-

?

In the first 2 the main use of the land is residential. Why do I see
landuse=forest ? IMHO it should be landuse=residential ;
leisure=garden;access=private ; landcover=trees

m.



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