OpenStreetMap
As some will know by now, crannogs are my “thing” at the moment. I was hoping to produce a couple of videos about them on my channel, but it takes a bit longer to get the tag approved than expected. And I can’t tell people how to map crannogs when there is no standard.
But I digress…
While mapping buildings in Co. Cavan in Ireland, I had discovered 12 suspiciously circular features in the lakes within the last 3 weeks, and I had reported them to the National Monuments Service this week. They got back to me yesterday and confirmed 3 as actual crannogs (the rest were apparently just naturally occurring circular vegetation).
- https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1102716166
- https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1106651412
- https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1105294164
If you want to check them out, Bing or Esri Clarity imagery are best.
There are a couple more to report, but I’d rather do it in bulk than send an email every 3 days or so.
I made a quick video about it: https://youtu.be/7BJukQ8hKXw
Discussion
Comment from lyx on 30 October 2022 at 21:38
I like the video and what you are doing here. One note regarding tag standardisation: Most useful tags are created by mappers that actually use them, so best team up with other mappers of historic and archaeological sites and compare notes what kinds of tags are useful in actual mapping. The discussion on the wiki is mostly helpful to find out if your planned tagging clashes with established tagging for other subjects and talk about general tagging “rules” that make the tagging fit in with established tags. Keep in mind that most mappers are not experts in the field of archaeology, so the tagging should be designed in a way that everyone can provide the most basic information, and still allow experts to refine that information by adding optional tags. Finally, don’t let yourself be distracted or discouraged by people that claim there is only “the one true way” of tagging, because there isn’t. Wolfgang (lyx@osm)