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

[Gilles Bassière]

Different things can be mapped in the natural science field...
For fauna, you may want to map either a particular observation ("I've
seen this bird, there, at this date") or some traces (a nest,
footprints, ...). This will not fit well in the OSM database because
it is not stable in time.
The case of flora might be easier because plants don't move but some
of them are visible only a part of the year. It will be complicated to
keep the map updated.

In my opinion, mapping habitat will fit better in the OSM model
because it is stable (more or less) and it is really visible in the
landscape. You can do it the same way we map landuse. The main
challenge will be to find or establish a common list of habitat. I
know the one of the French INPN but I'm not aware of such a list at
the global scale.

Best regards
Gilles


2012/10/22 Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com>:
> 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:
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>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> John F. Eldredge --  john at jfeldredge.com
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>> to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria
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