I see what you are saying, but 'dry swamp' feels slightly odd. Is there something like 'intermittent wetland' that is more appropriate?
On Sat, 11 Feb 2023, 10:11 Warin, <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > The ‘dry swamp’ has no apparent way to tag it. These will not be found in > Europe, just as you don’t find deserts there. > > They have occasional water, not seasonal, not yearly but, say, between 5 > to 20 years they have water. As such they do not satisfy the OSM swamp > definitions at all. > > See https://theconversation.com/why-a-wetland-might-not-be-wet-103687 for > more on their characteristics, at least in Australia. OSM has access to a > imagery source in Australia that maps them, so OSM has a legal source for > them. What is needed is a tag for them, say, ‘natural=dry_swamp’??? > > There are ~ 4,000 of these ‘natural=mud’ mapped so far that are in fact > ‘dry swamps’. Note that the tag natural=mud wiki says “This tag should not > be used for areas with intermittent water cover which are water covered or > completely dry most of the time.” So this tagging is incorrect as they are > dry most of the time… > > > There are more in existence but not mapped. > > Sample https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/ > <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1143825454>1143851993 > <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1143851993> > > > Any thoughts? > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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