EUthmappers HANDBOOK
  • WELCOME TO EUTHMAPPERS HANDBOOK!
    • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    • FOREWORD
    • OVERVIEW
      • CHAPTER I: Introduction to Mapping and Geospatial Concepts
      • CHAPTER II: Community Mapping & OpenStreetMap and UN Mappers
      • CHAPTER III: Mapathon - Mapping Workshop
      • CHAPTER IV: Open Field Mapping Activities Addressed to Climate Change Challenges
      • CHAPTER V: How to Clean & Validate Data?
      • CHAPTER VI: Preparation for Pupil–led Local Mapping Projects
  • CHAPTER I
    • Introduction to Mapping and Geospatial Concepts
      • Why Mapping and Geospatial Concepts?
      • Fundamentals of Data Processing
      • Geospatial Data: Towards Understanding Geodata and GIS
      • Open Source Philosophy: Towards Open Mapping
        • Open Source Software
        • Open Data Concept
        • Open Mapping
      • Summary
      • References
  • CHAPTER II
    • Community Mapping & OpenStreetMap and UN Mappers
      • Citizen Science and Volunteered Geographic Information
      • OpenStreetMap
        • OpenStreetMap Interface
        • OpenStreetMap Geometric Model
        • OpenStreetMap Semantic Model (tags)
        • OpenStreetMap features evolution in time
        • UN Mappers
      • References
  • CHAPTER III
    • Mapathon - Mapping Workshop
      • Introducing Mapathon
      • Mapping workshop
        • OpenStreetMap account
        • Walk around humanitarian mapping platform TeachOSM
        • Mapping a task
        • Let´s start mapping
  • CHAPTER IV
    • Open Field Mapping Activities Addressed to Climate Change Challenges
      • Climate Change Geospatial Data and OSM
      • What to map in the field?
      • Common Smartphone Mapping Tools for Open Field Mapping
      • Exercise: Mapping Local Climate Risks with a Focus on Tree Mapping
        • First step: Conducting a Mapathon with TeachOSM for Tree Mapping
        • Second step: Field mapping with MapComplete
        • Example of common Tags when it comes to the trees mapping
      • References
  • CHAPTER V
    • How to Clean & Validate Data?
      • Validation Process
      • Other Validation Tools
  • CHAPTER VI
    • Preparation for Pupil–led Local Mapping Projects
      • Step 1. Starting point: A first look at our school context
      • Step 2. Challenges design
      • Step 3. Further preparatory work
      • References
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  1. CHAPTER IV
  2. Open Field Mapping Activities Addressed to Climate Change Challenges
  3. Exercise: Mapping Local Climate Risks with a Focus on Tree Mapping

Example of common Tags when it comes to the trees mapping

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The good preparation process is important. We offer the tags (key=value) which could be added are listed in the table below.

Key
Value
Description
Wiki Link

natural

tree

Identifies a single tree

leaf_type

broadleaved/needleleaved

The type of leaf for the tree

species

Scientific name

The scientific name of the tree species

circumference

Circumference in cm

The circumference of the tree trunk at breast height

height

Height in meters

The height of the tree

denotation

Urban/Avenue/Agriculture/Park/Street/Landmark/Garden

Denotation of the location

leaf_cycle

evergreen/deciduous/mixed/

Describes the phenology of leaves, for instance evergreen or deciduous

diameter_crown

Diameter in meters

The diameter of the tree's crown

genus

Genus name

The genus of the tree

tree:age

Age in years

The estimated age of the tree

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural=tree
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:leaf_type
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:species
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:circumference
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:height
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tree:type
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:leaf_cycle
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:diameter_crown
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:genus
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tree:age