I think its a great idea to map each tree, actually each sapling, but go beyond a simple count.
What is important when we hear stories like "50,000 trees were planted" is to be able to followup and see if the survival rate was 1% or 0.01% or 0.0001% If we map every tree we should see how long each tree lives, so we can map how many are being cut. If not, what is the growth and condition (leaves covered with dust). Is it concretized at the base or is there soil and air. Possibly a very depressing picture. Lets not worry about productizing or revenue. -rajesh ps: this thread might get more response on hasiruusiru On Sunday, January 5, 2014 7:30:10 AM UTC+5:30, Venkatraman.S. wrote: > > - And what would be the end result? > - Even if you were to ask for sponsorships, then what would be the > rationale? > - Assuming, and just assuming, you want to monetize this, so that the > money could be used for surrounding activities, then how would you do > productize this? > > These are some of the many questions that can be thought about - as almost > anything could be mapped using OSM and many interesting hacks could be done > on top of it. > > -V > > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 12:50 AM, Thejesh GN <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Do you guys its too much to map every tree (trees on footpath, parks n >> other areas can be handled seaparately) in bangalore by crowd sourcing it. >> I am sure it will be a great source for all kinds of research. >> >> Do you think we can cover some significant area in an years time? >> >> We can probably do weekend mapathon in particular areas or roads. >> >> -- >> Thejesh GN | ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ >> http://thejeshgn.com >> GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 >> On Jan 4, 2014 9:37 PM, "Venkatraman S" <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >>> I had started www.mapatree.org 4 years back; but it died down slowly. >>> It got traction mainly from some overseas guys. >>> >>> You can find a minimal app still running here with loads of enhancements >>> in the TODO which never got done : http://mapatree.appspot.com/ >>> >>> -V >>> @venkasub <http://about.me/venkasub> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:33 PM, Thejesh GN <[email protected]<javascript:> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Do you know of any tree survey that has been done in bangalore? >>>> >>>> That which has geo tags etc. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thejesh GN | ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ >>>> http://thejeshgn.com >>>> GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> For more details about this list >>>> http://datameet.org/discussions/ >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "datameet" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> For more details about this list >>> http://datameet.org/discussions/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "datameet" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> -- >> For more details about this list >> http://datameet.org/discussions/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
