Re: [OSM-talk] Species names (was: Potted plants vs. garden beds)
2009/7/7 Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com:
Ed Avis eda at waniasset.com writes:
Rather than plant_type=orange_tree or similar, I think it would make more
sense
to tag plants and trees with the scientific (Latin) name of their species or
hybrid. These are already standardized and the local language translations
('citrus x sinensis' = 'en:orange', 'es:naranja') are also standard, and can
be
looked up by the map renderer rather than duplicated for every orange tree on
the map.
I don't expect individual plants will be tagged very often (even the Germans
have not added the 'unter den' linden trees) but for managed forests and
perhaps
farmland it might be useful.
I thought of mentioning zoo animals but I thought it too silly. But look:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.50826lon=13.33929zoom=17layers=B000FTF
I think this would be better tagged with scientific names for the animals
rather
than 'name' holding the local-language names. Then the mapnik rendering rules
can be extended with little icons for penguins, polar bears and so on. We
could
even have little fish swimming in the oceans like the maps in olden days.
on the ground rule applies... name should be the local language.
If you want to add a species_taxonomy (or similar) tag then feel free. :-)
Dave
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[OSM-talk] Species names (was: Potted plants vs. garden beds)
Ed Avis eda at waniasset.com writes:
Rather than plant_type=orange_tree or similar, I think it would make more sense
to tag plants and trees with the scientific (Latin) name of their species or
hybrid. These are already standardized and the local language translations
('citrus x sinensis' = 'en:orange', 'es:naranja') are also standard, and can
be
looked up by the map renderer rather than duplicated for every orange tree on
the map.
I don't expect individual plants will be tagged very often (even the Germans
have not added the 'unter den' linden trees) but for managed forests and
perhaps
farmland it might be useful.
I thought of mentioning zoo animals but I thought it too silly. But look:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.50826lon=13.33929zoom=17layers=B000FTF
I think this would be better tagged with scientific names for the animals rather
than 'name' holding the local-language names. Then the mapnik rendering rules
can be extended with little icons for penguins, polar bears and so on. We could
even have little fish swimming in the oceans like the maps in olden days.
I'd like to map London Zoo one day so perhaps then a wiki page and vote can be
made for how to tag animal enclosures and wildlife.
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Re: [OSM-talk] Species names (was: Potted plants vs. garden beds)
--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote: and so on. We could even have little fish swimming in the oceans like the maps in olden days. Do you mark Ye be dragons here on the map too? :) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
