Mikel Maron <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I'm interested in the topic, but haven't been contributing information > yet. > > Some immediate issues that come to mind: Most areas would have more > than one species of flora, but not clear how to use the species tag in > that way. Fauna ranges are often not well defined in terms of existing > landuse tags, so not sure if it is "appropriate". Some cases could > clearly be, such as a protected area set up for a particular > endangered species. > > -Mikel > > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > > >________________________________ > > From: Alex Rollin <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 2:12 AM > >Subject: [OSM-talk] Scientific/Species Data in OSM Database - > Collaborators > > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >I have been looking through the wiki for more information about > "appopriate data". > > > > > >I would like to meet more of the people storing information about > "presence of species", flora or fauna, inside the OSM db. > > > > > >I see > > > > > >http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:species > > > > > >and > > > > > >http://tagstat.hypercube.telascience.org/tagdetails.php?tag=species > > > > > >Any feedback about this is very welcome. We are just researching > this now. > > > > > >Alex > >Bogor, Indonesia > >_______________________________________________ > >talk mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
The practicality of storing this information in the OSM database depends in part on how many species you are tracking. If only a few species are being tracked, there isn't a problem. If you try to record all of the species in an area, including the insects and microbes, then you are talking about tens of thousands of entries for even a small geographical area. -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
