[OSM-talk] Woods vs Forests

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2017-10-29 15:16 GMT+01:00 Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de>:

> On 27.10.2017 00:49, Dave F wrote:
> > The woods/forest problem is one of the worst tagging cock-ups in OSM.
>
> Indeed. The current mess is especially disappointing because it hasn't
> always been that way: The status quo is the result of an attempt to
> "improve" the tagging years ago.
>
> From my point of view, it's plainly obvious that there should be only
> one main tag instead of two.




one tag for what? An area with trees? A forest? How would you define
"forest"?
FWIW, there's already a compatible tag to say: "area with trees", and that
is landcover=trees.

Cheers,
Martin
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