[HOT] Mapping clouds and low resolution imagery

[Paul Norman]

On 4/10/2016 3:13 PM, John Gordon wrote:
> 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?
In OpenStreetMap we map features present in the world, which does not 
include problems with a specific set of imagery such as where it changes 
resolutions or where there are clouds, which is why presets do not exist 
for this.

A tool like uMap (http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/) might work for 
sharing this type of data, but it doesn't belong in the OpenStreetMap 
database.