[HOT] Mapping clouds and low resolution imagery

John Gordon jgordon at gri.ca
Sun Apr 10 22:13:18 UTC 2016


I am developing a project to incorporate HOT/OSM data into an 
application to plan for and manage food security emergencies in 
developing countries. The HOT/OSM data is converted into a shapefile 
using the HOT export tool ( http://export.hotosm.org/en/ ) to link to 
other data in QGIS.  To begin with I am using ground transportation data 
and population cluster data from OSM.  I would also like to include 
information on impediments to mapping including cloud cover and areas of 
low resolution imagery in BING to permit identification of potential 
problems and permit some forward planning.  I have looked for tags or 
presets for identifying these impediments but have not been able to find 
them.  Can anyone help?

For the moment I have tested a workaround using the OSM AREA tag and the 
keywords "Cloud" or "Lowresolution" as the NAME.  I can then easily 
create a shapefile using the Esri SHP (OSM Schema) and the OSM Data 
Model in the HOT export tool. Would this be an acceptable option?

Thanks
John




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