You are right to point out that OSM offers a different choice of options
compared with the NSW LPI BaseMap. Some time ago, when I couldn't find a legend
on the BaseMap, I contacted NSW Spatial Services and I was directed to
https://portal.spatial.nsw.gov.au/portal/apps/sites/#/home/pages/map-vi
Thanks Michael. Sorry, my last email overlapped with yours. I think a major
problem is that the way the LPI Basemap, and folks in Australia generally, use
the terms forest, swamp and wetland differs slightly from the way they are
described in the OSM wiki pages. For example, the OSM guidelines r
Thanks everyone, it’s been useful to hear the wide range of thoughts. I guess
I was uncertain to what degree the Aus OSM group followed the strict
definitions of the OSM categories or adapted them to suit the way the terms are
used locally. The way the OSM wiki page describes a swamp is very di
One further consideration is that NSW LPI BaseMap shows most of the NSW side of
this area as wetland, subject to periodic inundation, while only small areas
are shown as swamp. At the moment, OSM shows most of it as swamp while the
named swamps are shown as wetland - exactly the opposite of t
Hey folks, if you're mapping south of the Murray, then perhaps the Vicmap
products may be helpful.
Vicmap Vegetation - Tree Density dataset could be useful in that DELWP have
classified into dense, medium, and sparse tree density polygons and they
continue to update the product regularly. More det
Hi Ian,
Summary: For me wood is physical tree-cover and wetland is the condition
of the ground and they are complimentary rather than exclusive.
In Sweden, I map both natural=wood and natural=wetland as separate
polygons, with a common border or overlap as appropriate. There is is
very easy
I have visited Millewa in NSW and I've seen a little of Barmah but not much. I
have a 4WD vehicle but I would not have left the road in either place as I
would have become seriously bogged. It was quite wet in both places when I
visited (some years apart, not at the same time). I think they are
Hello everyone, I don’t know if there is any right / wrong answer to this
question, hence I’m keen to know your preferences...
I’m mapping wetlands and vegetation along the Murray River upstream of
Yarrawonga, and am now mapping in Millewa forest. Millewa (in NSW) and Barmah
forest (in Vic) sup
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