> the only way I see in the Wiki is to use the leaf_type=* tag You can also use leaf_cycle= to tag deciduous vs evergreen, and also semi-deciduous, semi-evergreen and mixed: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:leaf_cycle
This accounts for most types of woodland, along with leaf type. The rest can be inferred from latitude (eg forest/wood in the tropics is clearly tropical) and elevation (montane vs lowland rainforest) which is readily available information. Probably there is no need for mappers to tag elevation and latitude-related distinctions. The one thing that’s missing is a tag for the density of the main vegetation type; is it a dense canopy of trees, or dense scrubland, verses more widely spaced. And there isn’t a way to tag a grassland with scattered shrubs or trees, probably because this is not common in Northern Europe. On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 9:58 AM Sergio Manzi <s...@smz.it> wrote: > Well, sorry, obviously I did an editing mistake and the "*Wikipedia > defines 6 types of forest*" phrase jumped up in the wrong place: it > should be just above the dotted list of forest types... > > Sorry about the confusion... > > Sergio > > > On 2019-01-23 01:52, Sergio Manzi wrote: > > Only about the cited point (*tagging natural forests as natural=wood*), I > think a natural forest should be tagged as natural=forest (*quite > logically, I would say...*), while natural=wood should be reserved for > "small forests" (*which is one of the possible meaning of "wood" in > English, if I'm not mistaken*). > > Also please consider that "forest" is very generic, and we could be > willing to more exactly define which kind of forest we are tagging (*and > eventually have it rendered accordingly*). > > To this extent the only way I see in the Wiki is to use the leaf_type=* > tag (*and only"broadleaved", "needleleaved" and "mixed" are defined as > possible values*).Wikipedia defines 6 types of forest: > > But to me a forest is not just "a lot of trees", but an entire ecosystem > dominated by trees. And those ecosystems can be very different between > different continents and latitudes. > > - Temperate needleleaf > - Temperate broadleaf and mixed > - Tropical moist > - Tropical dry > - Sparse trees and parkland > - Forest plantations > > I think we should be (somehow) able to tag those types. > > Please also check the sixth forest type described in Wikipedia (*Forest > plantations*): I think it coincide with the "forestry" concept we are > talking about in the thread (*landuse=forestry, or whatever...*). > > Cheers, > > Sergio > > > On 2019-01-23 01:00, Peter Elderson wrote: > > Natural forests could be preferably tagged as natural=wood ... > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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