[OSM-talk] Scientific/Species Data in OSM Database - Collaborators

[Alex Rollin]

Is it against policy to store all of it in the OSMF DB?

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On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:03 PM, John F. Eldredge <john at jfeldredge.com>wrote:

> Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm interested in the topic, but haven't been contributing information
> > yet.
> >
> > Some immediate issues that come to mind: Most areas would have more
> > than one species of flora, but not clear how to use the species tag in
> > that way. Fauna ranges are often not well defined in terms of existing
> > landuse tags, so not sure if it is "appropriate". Some cases could
> > clearly be, such as a protected area set up for a particular
> > endangered species.
> >
> > -Mikel
> >
> > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
> >
> >
> > >________________________________
> > > From: Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com>
> > >To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> > >Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 2:12 AM
> > >Subject: [OSM-talk] Scientific/Species Data in OSM Database -
> > Collaborators
> > >
> > >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > >I have been looking through the wiki for more information about
> > "appopriate data".
> > >
> > >
> > >I would like to meet more of the people storing information about
> > "presence of species", flora or fauna, inside the OSM db.
> > >
> > >
> > >I see
> > >
> > >
> > >http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:species
> > >
> > >
> > >and
> > >
> > >
> > >http://tagstat.hypercube.telascience.org/tagdetails.php?tag=species
> > >
> > >
> > >Any feedback about this is very welcome.  We are just researching
> > this now.
> > >
> > >
> > >Alex
> > >Bogor, Indonesia
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> The practicality of storing this information in the OSM database depends
> in part on how many species you are tracking.  If only a few species are
> being tracked, there isn't a problem.  If you try to record all of the
> species in an area, including the insects and microbes, then you are
> talking about tens of thousands of entries for even a small geographical
> area.
>
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