Among other reasons, a managed forest, if it stops being actively managed, will gradually revert over time into a wild woodland, as other species start moving back in.
On March 31, 2015 5:16:10 PM CDT, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Am 31.03.2015 um 12:52 schrieb Daniel Koć <daniel@koć.pl>: > > > > So we have a simple hierarchy: > > > > landuse (implies)=> landcover > > > no, it doesn't imply > > > > > > but you have to know there is a "use" at all to tag it as "landuse". > Since the trees may not be used (like in natural=wood), your statement > is false. > > > indeed, distinguishing managed forests from unmanaged by use of the > keys landuse and natural was very likely an unlucky decision, in my > interpretation of these keys it does not work like this, and we would > have to introduce a new key like managed=yes/no for this. > > cheers > Martin > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
