On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 at 14:57, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I saw reference to this site a little while back (ironically, the morning > of the White Island eruption in New Zealand :-() > https://volcano.si.edu/faq/index.cfm?question=activevolcanoes > > So what do we say: 43 / 70 / 565 / 871 or 1428? :-) > > https://volcano.si.edu/faq/index.cfm?question=eov_noteworthy > > Or possibly the 71 "Frequently Active" listed here? > > As they say, it's hard to point at a volcano & say it's active or not! > Responding to my own post after looking at the site a bit more How about using the common terms that everyone recognises, together with OSM definitions of: Active - Known to have had major / multiple / fatal eruptions; frequently active; significant lava flows - the 186 volcanoes that are listed as "Noteworthy" Dormant - probably the 1428 "Historically Active" - confirmed & likely historical eruptions (mixing historical & Holocene together) Extinct - ain't nothing happening no more! :-) This does, of course, relate to using info from that list. Do any of our US friends know how helpful the Smithsonian is when it comes to sharing data? https://www.si.edu/termsofuse/ Thanks Graeme >
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