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Large forests with residential areas

Posted by xxlbiker on 26 September 2009 in English.

Hello,
I'm currently busy tagging the area around Monte Baldo/Veneto/Italy with landuse= and natural= tags.
I have tagged a large area with natural=wood (which is imho correct, as the woods around that area are mostly unkept).
I have then tagged OVER the natural=wood area with landuse=residential to tag villages and other places where people live.
Question: Is this correct?
It seems like "landuse=" and "natural=" co-exist on top of each other. i.e. the residential area is also tagged as wood (which shouldn't be).
Is there a simple way to exclude some areas within a larger one?
Is there a layering concept e.g. like in Powerpoint or in Photoshop where you can flag items being on top of other items covering and hiding them completely?

If not, it might be better to tag the forest as landuse=forest so the two area types don't get into each other's way.

Thanks for any info.
Regards
Chris

Hello,
I have now uploaded a number of tracks, roads, paths and POIs for the Monte Baldo area, close to Lake Garda, Veneto, Italy.
What strikes me as odd is that the boundaries between the individual cities are overblown in the editing window. Political boundaries between communities, provinces or even countries are if minor importance in Central Europe. Why are those boundary lines drawn so thick when in edit mode? This is really distracting, one tends to lock nodes to them accidentially, they cover important details etc. I suggest to draw those lines very thin also in edit mode - just like they are shown in the regular map view.

Regards
Chris

Location: Casarole, Brenzone sul Garda, Verona, Venetien, 37010, Italien