Does your small city have a GIS system, or GIS specialist? Best to coordinate with what they're doing if possible.
On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Adam Old <adam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, I am a fairly novice mapper, although I am learning quickly. > This is my first post to talk-us, so let me know if this is the wrong place > to ask these questions. > > I am currently sitting on a "Tree Board" in a small city in South Florida. > One mandate of the board is to survey the existing tree canopy in an > ongoing fashion and to provide recommendations for trimming, removal, or > new plantings, to note diseases and damage, and to collect species > information. > > I am a proponent of OpenStreetMap and crowdsourcing as much of the data > collection as possible, as we are without much of a budget or staff. But I > wonder whether this is an appropriate use for OSM, and if so, whether there > are caveats or special things we should be thinking of. One of the other > members of the board is an experienced GIS user, and he also likes the idea > of using OSM. > > For the most part we would like to send people out using their mobile > devices and an app like Go Map!! https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/go-map!!/ > id592990211?mt=8 or a paper survey form that we could then update OSM > with. Hopefully this would introduce a good number of new people to OSM as > mappers and/or users. We also were hoping to add some datapoints for the > diameter_crown and height using LiDAR and aerial data. Any suggestions on > this? > > There is some information that isn't standard for Tag:natural=tree that > would be useful for us in this pursuit, for example whether the trees are > damaged, need trimming, date of last trimming, etc. Maybe that is too > specific to map and we shouldn't add that kind of data? If I were to add > it, would I simply add my own tags? I would like to do this right. > > Also, is there a map view with diameter_crown displayed as the actual > size? > > Also also, is there any thinking on differentiating between palm trees and > other broadleaved trees? Seems like a worthwhile distinction, here in the > tropics. > > Thanks! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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