Re: [Tagging] From the Australian fires (still burning unfortunately) how to map burnt areas

2020-01-26 Thread Warin
On 27/1/20 12:47 pm, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: For woods the problem is that there are 3 different levels of fire impact, and only the most severe is clearly visible in aerial imagery or from a distance - but this is also quite dangerous to survey in person. Many areas and roads are closed due

Re: [Tagging] From the Australian fires (still burning unfortunately) how to map burnt areas

2020-01-26 Thread Joseph Eisenberg
For woods the problem is that there are 3 different levels of fire impact, and only the most severe is clearly visible in aerial imagery or from a distance - but this is also quite dangerous to survey in person. ) 1A "crown fire" (US English) burns the tallest trees which comprise the canopy or

Re: [Tagging] From the Australian fires (still burning unfortunately) how to map burnt areas

2020-01-26 Thread Alan Mackie
There are some tags documented on the Russian wiki page for key:wood [1] that describe various types of damage to wooded areas, one of which is wood:damage=burnt. I don't think it's been used much outside of Russia, but it seems fairly reasonable for areas likely to regenerate. There have been

[Tagging] From the Australian fires (still burning unfortunately) how to map burnt areas

2020-01-26 Thread Warin
Hi, I have come across a German mapper who has used 'landuse=brownfield' to map some recently burnt areas in Australia. I know this is not appropriate as it is not a land use, nor does it meet the OSM meaning of 'brownfield' in all situations. Note: this is done in areas, no matter if it