Should we tag the ponds with "landuse=pond" or with "natural=water" and "water=pond"? For me it looks like the ponds are more natural than man_made... Or does anyone find some good guideline to distinguish man made ponds?
Chris On 03/06/2014 10:59 PM, Pierre Béland wrote: > I cannot spot water wells. The pattern I see in this area is that > there is often what seems to be a pond inside the walls of habitations. > > Andrew and others might be better then me to spot if any water wells. > > > Pierre > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *De :* Severin Menard <[email protected]> > *À :* Pierre Béland <[email protected]> > *Cc :* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Envoyé le :* Jeudi 6 mars 2014 16h07 > *Objet :* Re: [HOT] Mapping Bassikounou, Mauritania - ICRC request > > Hi Pierre, > > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Pierre Béland <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Severin > > In this Task Manager job descripton, there are examples give of > Intermittent ponds > > url=http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=kn5s43gh3j74&lvl=19&dir=0&sty=b&form=LMLTCC > > If you zoom-out, it seems that all this zone is flood_prone. I > think tha a polygon should be trace around all the zone with the > tag flood_prone=yes, plus identify the more permanent ponds. I > mapped rapidly inside Bassikounou and have mapped a few of the > flood_prone areas as an example. > > I checked on OpenCycleMap and seems this area is not as low as > Bassikounou itself. But I can ask the ICRC Watasan local staff in > charge of the field assessment. > > > The film about the water well operation is interesting wit the > cattles operating around the well. For Mali activation we were > able to spot such wells by observing odd looking "fans" around > them in the aerial imagery made by the cattles circulation. > > Interesting. can you recognize such situation around Bassikounou? > Would be good to document this with the examples provided through the > discussions for Mali > > > See discussion for Mali > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/HOT/Mali_Activation_Discussion_with_humanitarians_2013-02-18#Discussion_of_water_wells > > > Pierre > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *De :* Severin Menard <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > *À :* "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Envoyé le :* Jeudi 6 mars 2014 12h14 > *Objet :* [HOT] Mapping Bassikounou, Mauritania - ICRC request > > Hi, > > ICRC requested us to map an AOI (Area Of Interest) around > Bassikounou, a town close to the border with Mali, for a > development project about drinkable water. The approach is the > same than for Walikale in DRC. To know > more: http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/447 > > As you can see, I added a banner to make clear what the job is > from, for and about. For sure HTML and wording could be improved, > please make suggestions. > > The map features are a bit more various than usual (eg > intermittent ponds - please find a link provided by the local > Watsan specialist tp have an idea how to identify them on Bing > imagery - and trees). > > I also added a picture and a video of Bassikounou that I found in > the web, to have a better idea of what look like the streets and > the outskirts. > > Sincerely, > > Severin > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
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