after chat with Alex i am agreeing with his idea, about OSM = Wikipedia also.
we can store all information related to map. I like this concept. and a tag implementation can benefit for people that use OSM API to his system F On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Jeff Meyer <j...@gwhat.org> wrote: > Regardless of where the data is stored, is there a general model for how to > use OSM when tying OSM-based info to external data sets? > > For example, I can tie a Flickr image (or say, species sighting or flora > habitat) to an OSM way with a bunch of machine tags on Flickr. That is cool, > but hides the Flickr-OSM tie on Flickr and makes the OSM community aware of > this not at all. > > The same is then true for the species information. > > To Mikel's point - the issue of needing to put multiple tags on the same OSM > node or way is a use case that pops up in many other cases. In my local > park, how (or what) would I tag to list all of the tree types in my > particular park? The geo answer might be to put a bunch of nodes inside the > park's boundary - e.g. node=sitka spruce, node=oak, node=larch, and then run > some sort of query against the park boundary, but that doesn't tell me a lot > about how those trees are distributed through the park, etc... > > I'm not suggesting that osm become the world's database. Just curious about > best practices for tying these data sources together, and how to do it with > more of a two-way publishing model, so that if I'm looking at a map view in > OSM, I could understand what other data sources have tied data to what I'm > observing. > > > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 8:03 AM, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com> > wrote: >> >> Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> 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 <alex.rol...@gmail.com> >> > >To: talk@openstreetmap.org >> > >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 >> > >talk@openstreetmap.org >> > >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > talk mailing list >> > talk@openstreetmap.org >> > 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 -- j...@jfeldredge.com >> "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not >> to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > -- > Jeff Meyer > Global World History Atlas > www.gwhat.org > j...@gwhat.org > 206-676-2347 > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
