The Woodland Trust do something similar (no URL, sorry, as I'm mobile).
-- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On 14 May 2011 16:53, "TimSC" <mapp...@sheerman-chase.org.uk> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I just attended the Kent Heritage Tree project launch event. This > comprised of a few presentations about the overall project and about how > interesting trees can be. The project is a national lottery funded, BTCV > administered 5 year effort to raise awareness of trees through various > means. This includes nature training courses, cultural events, tree > planting and artistic works. The total project cost is £650000. The core > of the project is an attempt to survey 10,000 trees in Kent. They > apparently want to train 300 tree surveyors and hope that some will > become long term tree wardens. The turn out was good at the first > launch, with about 150+ people attending, by my estimate. The local MP > Damian Green was there, etc. There was surprisingly little information > about the surveying itself. They mentioned it would be possible to do > paper or electronic submissions. They also accept tip-offs from the > general public and tree surveyors in the area would be alerted that a > tree needed checking. It is planned that once the surveyor checked the > tree, it would immediately appear on their slippy map. It seems that > surveyors would need to do a tree surveyor course, because they are > interested in not merely a tree's location, but also condition, physical > size, other species on and near it, local history, photographic records, > etc. They do not have any requirements for how much time one needs to > commit beyond attending the surveying course, but they ask that you do > at least bit. The offered free tree identification leaflets, OS maps > (boo hiss), and the loan of GPS receivers and digital cameras. The data > will be used to monitor trees condition, raise awareness with tree > owners, to be a historical archive "domesday book", and to press for > more legal projection of heritage trees. The thinking is that monitoring > of trees will at least help to prevent any human instigated "accidents" > befalling the trees (like some sort of arboreal Amnesty International). > They consider any notable tree to be heritage, by the way. > > If you want to do the minimum to get involved, just register as an > interested party and attend the tree surveyor course. If you wonder if > it is worth your while at all or you want a free lunch, consider going > to a launch event. The next are: > > 4 Jun 2011 - 10:00 Canterbury > 10 Jul 2011 - 10:00 Tonbridge > > http://kentheritagetrees.btcv.org.uk/ > > I talked briefly to the project manager Viginia Hodge. BTCV are seeking > to raise awareness and I said I would do what I could by getting the OSM > community involved. Even if people survey heritage trees into the OSM > db, rather than their project, it would still be useful. Or contribute > to both... I might start a wikiproject on trees or at least update the > wiki with some standardised tags for what BTCV are surveying. > > I suggested that their data should be opened for any use and they seemed > receptive to the idea, but further discussions are needed. They already > have a smaller tree database around the Ashford area. I didn't get into > what license would be appropriate, because that would have opened a can > of worms... > > Regards, > > TimSC > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
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