[talk-au] Attempt at mapping the NSW alpine area.

[Nev Wedding]

The lancover proposal will be helpful for tagging this when/if it gets the nod.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Rudolf/draft_landcover
landcover=shrubland + natural=tundra 
I am unfamiliar with the area and can’t help your cause.
Nev



> On 17 Feb 2016, at 4:18 PM, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Zoom out. Using bing.
> It may be snow cover (very high probability). 
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> Mapbox shows a different area ... less coverage. That might be a better approximation. Again this is zoomed out.
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> I assume that the snow covered photos are not used when zoomed in as the snow would cover some features. 
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> On 17/02/2016 4:57 PM, cleary wrote:
>> Warin
>> This is the part of NSW with which I am least familiar but I can't work out what it is that is being mapped. I couldn't see any relation between Bing imagery and the tracings in your polygon. If it is actually the area above the tree-line, then I don't have a problem with it although perhaps it should be natural=tundra rather than landcover. If it is a reasonably close approximation then OK but if it is a very loose approximation, it might be better to await better information. It would be good to hear from others who are familiar with that landscape.
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>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016, at 03:14 PM, Warin wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I have made a first attempt at mapping the NSW alpine area.
>>> 
>>> It comes from Bing imagery - probably snow cover. It is a bit course - so the resolution is not good. 
>>> 
>>> The question is;
>>> Is this good enough for use? 
>>> 
>>> As there is no information in OSM for it ... maybe it is better than nothing?
>>> Or should it be left to await better information? 
>>> 
>>> The area is in the data base as relation 5985104 tagged landcover=tundra (this will not render). 
>>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5985104#map=10/-36.2121/148.5887
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>>> It is not a complete area, there are a few bits left off .. in particular to the south. 
>>> But it might be a start. I don't want to put much more work in on it untill I have some comments on it.
>>> 
>>> So.. what are your thoughts? Especially negative ones!  
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