On 29 May 2015 at 07:36, Lauri Kytömaa <lkyto...@gmail.com> wrote: > pmailkeey wrote: > > johnw wrote: > >> Forest=natural ? > >> isn’t that natural=wood? > > I don't know the difference between a wood and a forest! > > landuse=forest and natural=wood are a poor example for historical > reasons, when some thought that natural=wood together with > landuse=forest was "redundant", when it's not: an area used for > forestry can be without tree cover (after a full chop it takes > anything from years to decades before the newly planted trees look and > function like a wood/forest, yet the usage of the land is still > growing wood for timber). That's why the keys of the tags are > different, so that one can tag both/all of them. We can live with the > tags as they are used and documented now, but they shouldn't be used > as a good example for future tagging. There are no man made trees in > the forest, they all grow naturally. > > > Man can plant a natural tree - or it could self-seed.
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