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The ‘dry swamp’ has no apparent way to tag it. These will not be
found in Europe, just as you don’t find deserts there. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%">They have
occasional
water, not seasonal, not yearly but, say, between 5 to 20 years
they
have water. As such they do not satisfy the OSM swamp definitions
at
all. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%">See
<a
href="https://theconversation.com/why-a-wetland-might-not-be-wet-103687"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://theconversation.com/why-a-wetland-might-not-be-wet-103687</a>
for more on their characteristics, at least in Australia. OSM has
access to a imagery source in Australia that maps them, so OSM has
a
legal source for them. What is needed is a tag for them, say,
‘natural=dry_swamp’??? </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%">There are ~ 4,000
of
these ‘natural=mud’ mapped so far that are in fact ‘dry
swamps’. Note that the tag natural=mud wiki says “This tag
should not be used for areas with intermittent water cover which
are
water covered or completely dry most of the time.” So this tagging
is incorrect as they are dry most of the time… <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%">There are more in
existence but not mapped. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%">Sample
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1143825454">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/</a><a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1143851993">1143851993</a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%">Any thoughts? </p>
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