Most Australian deserts cannot be mapped as a consistent land cover but
as a patchwork combination of differing land covers. As such mapping the
land cover is a time intensive task and given the usefulness of such
information compared to other priorities is not something that would be
done any time soon.
On 14/7/20 7:47 am, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
Many desert climates can be mapped as natural=sand (for dunes and
other areas of sand), natural=bare_rock (for bedrock and large
stones), natural=scree, natural=shingle, or natural=heath (for areas
of dwarf shrubs), but we still need a tag for unvegetated areas which
are not sand, rock, stones or vegetation. While these areas are rare
in many climates, they can cover fairly large spots in some very dry
areas, and we should provide more precise tagging since
"natural=desert" could be any of these things (or even natural=scrub)
– Joseph
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