[OSM-dev] Pl at ntNet contributing to OpenStreetMap

[Frederik Ramm]

Hugo,

On 09.08.22 15:15, Hugo Gresse wrote:
> Users requested a feature to push their plant observations to OSM into 
> Wikidata format.

I don't really know what this means - OSM and Wikidata are two different 
things!

> The current plan to do this is to have a copy button in the app which 
> will format the data in text and put it in the user clipboard on his 
> mobile device:

That would require some form of mobile OSM editor to take the data from 
the clipboard for uploading to OSM. I don't know if any of the popular 
editors consumes the data in this format.

> |genus=Cercis name=arbre de la piscine natural=tree species=Cercis 
> siliquastrum species:fr=Arbre de Judée src=survey;Observation : Cercis 
> siliquastrum L. (Pascal Vuylsteker 17 juin 2021) Flore mondiale - 
> Pl at ntNet identify |

Only ever use the "name" tag if an individual tree indeed has a name 
(like a natual monument). Do not put a description or a species name in 
the name field - "arbre de la piscine" does not sound like a proper name 
for me.

Trees would typically also carry a natural=tree as well as leaf_type and 
leaf_cycle tags even if these can theoretically be derived from the species.

> Would that be ok or ideal?

GPS measurements are not precise, so the user would have to make sure 
the tree is actually placed at the correct position in OSM. But if you 
do not create the OSM object yourself, but instead fire up an editor for 
the user to do so, then the user can select the correct location on the 
map so that shouldn't be a problem.

Also, the user needs to make sure they are not adding a duplicate - 
maybe there is a natural=tree already there and they only want to add 
details to it. But this, too, would be the task of the OSM editing 
software being used.

Best
Frederik


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