Import/Catalogue/Nicaragua/Forests
 | This is very much a work in progress. |
About
Proposal to import Nicaragua's forests data by the URACCAN to OpenStreetMap. This includes different types of forests, broadleaved, needleleaved and mixed.
Import Plan Outline
The import plan is to merge existing data in OSM about forests with the data provided. As on OSM there is very little data, this can be done manually.
Goals
- To complete the current OSM forest coverage of Nicaragua.
Import Data
The data to be imported comes from the of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast (URACCAN) provided with a special permission.
Background
One of the current problems in OpenStreetMap about Nicaragua’s data is the incompleteness and inconsistency of forest data.
OSM Data Files
Files are getting prepared over a github repository: https://github.com/xamanu/nicaragua-import
Import Type
One time import JOSM and manual adjustments
Data Preparation
Data Reduction & Simplification
Simplification of the data (around 50MB) should be taken into consideration??
Conversion and translation
Conversion from shapefile to osm
Tagging
Tags that will be used are:
natural=wood
landuse=forest
leaf_type=broadleaved/needleleaved/mixed Type of trees
leaf_cycle=deciduous/evergreen/mixed Type of forest
woodːdensity=sparse/dense/regeneration/unknown Density of forest
Changeset Tags
Data Transformation
Reclassification
- Bosque latifoliado abierto (1) leaf_cycle=deciduous leaf_type=broadleaved wood:densitity=sparse
- Bosque latifioliado cerrado (2̠) leaf_cycle=deciduous leaf_type=broadleaved wood:densitity=dense
- Bosque latifoliado en regeneracion (6) leaf_cycle=deciduous leaf_type=broadleaved wood:densitity=regeneration
- Bosque de pino abierto (3) leaf_type=needleleaved leaf_cycle=evergreen wood:densitity=sparse
- Bosque de pino cerrado (4) leaf_type=needleleaved leaf_cycle=evergreen wood:densitity=dense
- Bosque de pino en regeneracion (7) leaf_type=needleleaved leaf_cycle=evergreen wood:densitity=regeneration
- Bosque mixto (10) leaf_cycle=mixed leaf_type=mixed wood:densitity=unknown
- Bosque con palma (11) leaf_type=broadleaved leaf_cycle=evergreen wood:densitity=unknown
Prepare data in OpenStreetMap
- There was some useful information about natural reserves and islands. But these are not necessary forests. So these have been edited to take the respective tags (natural=wood) away.
- There was some old information which is not valid and could be deleted. It was verified with Bing.
- Some elements could be identified that need general review on the tagsː
* Way: Onda (27447072) * Way: Seca (273716647) * Way: 161691805 * Way: 161691808 * Way: 161691803 * Way: 161691806
Data Transformation Results
- An OSM file with forest to import and properly tagged (using OSM tagging schema) polygons and relations.
- ̈A reviewed OSM database where only already existing forests are tagged as such (consistant tagging)/
Data Merge Workflow
Team
Workflow
There is some information, which was drawn by users and seems to be better than the input data (natural=wood or landuse=forest). How to merge? It is not that much information. Could be done manually?