On Wed, September 11, 2013 10:17 am, Christoph Hormann wrote: > On Wednesday 11 September 2013, Tod Fitch wrote: >> >> Drought winter in one area of interest: >> http://kirnim.smugmug.com/2013Adventures-2/Mt-Pinos-Feb-2013/i-cJXHsL >>S/0/M/P1110823-M.jpg >> >> Summer in another area: >> http://www.nordicbase.org/files/web_images/sawmill_mtn.jpg >> > > The problem here is that the sizable trees indicate this is not near the > alpine treeline. The photos do not allow identifying the plants > growing there but if this is primarily grasses or primarily small woody > plants natural=grassland/heath would fit. > > If this is mostly open, i.e. the trees only play a minor role it could > be classified as montane grassland and shrubland: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montane_grassland_and_shrubland > > This is however a very broad and anything but clearly defined > classification so hardly suited for tagging. > > Greetings, > > -- > Christoph Hormann > http://www.imagico.de/
There are some grasses there but small woody plants predominate in that area. So that would indicate "heath". But how does one note the difference, significant to a hiker, that you can easily walk through this area while the chaparral at lower elevations, properly tagged as "heath" can not be so easily traversed. Here is a typical bit of low elevation vegetation in the same area: http://www.californiachaparral.com/images/555_PS-A-White-Ceanothus.jpg I don't see any discussion of montane grassland and shrubland in the OSM wiki. . . Thanks! Tod _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
