The lancover proposal will be helpful for tagging this when/if it gets the nod. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Rudolf/draft_landcover landcover=shrubland + natural=tundra I am unfamiliar with the area and can’t help your cause. Nev
> On 17 Feb 2016, at 4:18 PM, Warin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Zoom out. Using bing. > It may be snow cover (very high probability). > > Mapbox shows a different area ... less coverage. That might be a better > approximation. Again this is zoomed out. > > I assume that the snow covered photos are not used when zoomed in as the snow > would cover some features. > > > > On 17/02/2016 4:57 PM, cleary wrote: >> Warin >> This is the part of NSW with which I am least familiar but I can't work out >> what it is that is being mapped. I couldn't see any relation between Bing >> imagery and the tracings in your polygon. If it is actually the area above >> the tree-line, then I don't have a problem with it although perhaps it >> should be natural=tundra rather than landcover. If it is a reasonably close >> approximation then OK but if it is a very loose approximation, it might be >> better to await better information. It would be good to hear from others who >> are familiar with that landscape. >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016, at 03:14 PM, Warin wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have made a first attempt at mapping the NSW alpine area. >>> >>> It comes from Bing imagery - probably snow cover. It is a bit course - so >>> the resolution is not good. >>> >>> The question is; >>> Is this good enough for use? >>> >>> As there is no information in OSM for it ... maybe it is better than >>> nothing? >>> Or should it be left to await better information? >>> >>> The area is in the data base as relation 5985104 tagged landcover=tundra >>> (this will not render). >>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5985104#map=10/-36.2121/148.5887 >>> >>> ------------------------ >>> It is not a complete area, there are a few bits left off .. in particular >>> to the south. >>> But it might be a start. I don't want to put much more work in on it untill >>> I have some comments on it. >>> >>> So.. what are your thoughts? Especially negative ones! >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-au mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-au mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
