Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

2015-09-30 0:28 GMT+02:00 Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: > Lake Eyre in Australia (a very large salt water lake in Australia .. that > may have water in it once every 10 years) is tagged > > natural=water > > water=lake > > salt=yes > > intermittent=yes > > That, to me, is suitable as it matches

Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

I don't think a landuse tag is sensible, as the salt flats I have in mind (look up some images of Salar de Uyuni to get an impression) are definitely not something human centered. However, it might be a good tag for some of the smaller areas where salt is actually harvested. The combination of

Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

sent from a phone > Am 30.09.2015 um 11:58 schrieb Christoph Hormann : > > But it > does not really matter since deserts can be considered non-verifiable deserts are verifiable, the definitions may vary, but ground truth, ask the locals and they will tell you ;-)

Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

On 30/09/2015 6:06 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2015-09-30 0:28 GMT+02:00 Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com >: Lake Eyre in Australia (a very large salt water lake in Australia .. that may have water in it once every 10 years) is tagged natural=water

Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

On 30/09/2015 8:28 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: sent from a phone Am 30.09.2015 um 12:03 schrieb Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: Local conditions... A 5 day week is also not 'typical', yet there are places that have 5 day weeks, places with 2 seasons per year and other places with 5

Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

On Wednesday 30 September 2015, joost schouppe wrote: > I don't think a landuse tag is sensible, as the salt flats I have in > mind (look up some images of Salar de Uyuni to get an impression) are > definitely not something human centered. However, it might be a good > tag for some of the smaller

Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

sent from a phone > Am 30.09.2015 um 12:03 schrieb Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: > > Local conditions... > > A 5 day week is also not 'typical', yet there are places that have 5 day > weeks, places with 2 seasons per year and other places with 5 seasons in a > year. > And those would be

Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

On 30/09/15 21:28, Warin wrote: .. Well if you want to have lake Eyre 'qualify' for the tag 'intermittent' . But if you want to see Lake Eyre full .. 'typically' that is once every 10 years or so... So to me a full cycle of Lake Eyre in all its 'seasons' would be 'typically' 10

Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

On 1/10/2015 8:49 AM, David Bannon wrote: On 30/09/15 21:28, Warin wrote: .. Well if you want to have lake Eyre 'qualify' for the tag 'intermittent' . But if you want to see Lake Eyre full .. 'typically' that is once every 10 years or so... So to me a full cycle of Lake Eyre in all

Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

Anyway, we agree that Lake Eyre does not fill seasonally, we agree it does fill intermittently (but maybe disagree on "full", not important). "seasonal" may be a good qualifier for a lake that depends on the seasons and responds to the season cycle most times around. But thats not

[Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

Hi, I haven't found much about the subject. A salt flat is a large deposit of salt. They are usually where a river ends in the middle of a desert. Or where a valley is completely surrounded by mountains, leaving no way out for any water. So salt starts accumulating as salty waters evaporate. Some

Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

On 30/09/2015 5:47 AM, Christoph Hormann wrote: On Tuesday 29 September 2015, joost schouppe wrote: Because they tend to be dry most of the time, and plants tend to dislike pure salt, they tend to look like a desert. How should one tag such a thing? I've seen three very different ideas: [...]

Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

On 2015-09-29 17:29, joost schouppe wrote : Hi, I haven't found much about the subject. A salt flat is a large deposit of salt. They are usually where a river ends in the middle of a desert. Or where a valley

Re: [Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

On Tuesday 29 September 2015, joost schouppe wrote: > Because they tend to be dry most of the time, and plants tend to > dislike pure salt, they tend to look like a desert. > > How should one tag such a thing? I've seen three very different > ideas: > [...] There is no established tagging for