zone de combat: woodland on openstreetmap

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Jerry Clough : Zone de Combat

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken 1920

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ThemesThemes

• Where we are (why we map forests badly)

• Why we should map forests better

• Where can we start• What do we want to know• How we can do it

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OS 7OS 7thth Series Series

Source: map examples, OpenStreetMap Out of Copyright Ordnance Survey Maps; OS map key, OSM wiki

Jerry Clough : Zone de Combat

OS 7OS 7thth Series Series

Source: map examples, OpenStreetMap Out of Copyright Ordnance Survey Maps; OS map key, OSM wiki

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OSM Cartography of OSM Cartography of WoodlandWoodland

Credits: map examples: Andy Allan, OpenCycleMapSan Michele, Gio le Gamb on Panaramio

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OSM Cartography of OSM Cartography of WoodlandWoodland

Credits: map examples: Andy Allan, OpenCycleMapSan Michele, Gio le Gamb on Panaramio

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Worldwide Forest DistributionWorldwide Forest Distribution

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A real wood: The DeltaA real wood: The Delta

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A real wood: The DeltaA real wood: The Delta• Broad-leaved• Deciduous• Dominant trees:

– Alder (Alnus glutinosa) – with White Willow (Salix

alba)• Plant communities

– Salicion albae– Alneta glutinosae– UK NVC W6b

• Natural– Self-sustaining

• Protection– Nature Reserve– Site of Special Scientific

Interest About 40 years old (1970s)

• Purpose : wildlife conservation

• Managed by panel coppicing

• Ownership etc– Operated by Notts WT– Owned by Cemex

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Things we may know about Things we may know about WoodlandWoodland

• Plant composition– Evergreen / Deciduous– Coniferous/Broad-leaved

Mixed– Dominant tree species– Ground cover

• Main Purpose– Conservation– Timber / Wood Products– Hunting– Leisure– Multi-use– …

• Management– Coppicing / Pollarding– Clear-felling / Selective

extraction– Neglected

• Planted / Self-sustaining– Plantations

• Serried rows of trees• Age

– Ancient Woodland / Urwaelder

• Operator• Management

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Top Down / Bottom UpTop Down / Bottom Up• Top Down

– Simple concepts– Step-wise

refinement• Easily recognised

types• Build on existing

tagging

• Classic Phytosociology– Requires either

• Open Data from Universities & Nature bodies

• Detailed surveys (releve)

– Swiss official classification not completed after 50+ years

• Different tagging

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Focus on HolarcticFocus on Holarctic

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Tremling AspenTremling Aspen

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Beech WoodBeech Wood

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Salix RiverineSalix Riverine

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Scot’s PineScot’s Pine

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Bluebell WoodBluebell Wood

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Poplar PlantationPoplar Plantation

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Brich WoodBrich Wood

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Caledon (Pine) WoodCaledon (Pine) Wood

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Oak 1Oak 1

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CottonwoodCottonwood

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LarchLarch

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Olympic Rain ForestOlympic Rain Forest

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Oak 2 (Sherwood)Oak 2 (Sherwood)

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Sitka Spruce (Plantations)Sitka Spruce (Plantations)

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Poplar PlantationPoplar Plantation

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Floristic Regions in the Floristic Regions in the HolarcticHolarctic

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Major Genera of Holarctic Major Genera of Holarctic Forest TreesForest Trees

• Pines (Pinus)Pines (Pinus)• Spruces (Picea)Spruces (Picea)• Larches (Larix)Larches (Larix)• Silver Firs (Abies)Silver Firs (Abies)• CypressCypress

• Beech (Fagus)Beech (Fagus)• Oaks (Quercus)Oaks (Quercus)• Birches (Betula)Birches (Betula)• Chestnuts Chestnuts

(Castanea)(Castanea)• Limes (Tilia)Limes (Tilia)• Maples (Acer)Maples (Acer)• Ashes (Fraxinus)Ashes (Fraxinus)• Elms (Ulmus)Elms (Ulmus)

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Larch Woodland : an Larch Woodland : an exampleexample

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Larch Woodland : an Larch Woodland : an exampleexample

• Deciduous conifer– Circumboreal distribution– Climax forests

• Valued for timber & amenity

• Forest tree– plantations outside native range

• Threatened– Phythophora ramorum– Climate Change– Genetic mixing of species

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ConclusionConclusion

Trees

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ConclusionConclusion

Trees, Woods

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ConclusionConclusion

Trees, Woods, forests…

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ConclusionConclusion

Trees, Woods, forests…

Beautiful …

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ConclusionConclusion

Trees, Woods, forests…

Beautiful … diverse…

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ConclusionConclusionTrees, Woods,

forests…Beautiful …

diverse……Mappable

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WoodWood PasturePasture

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Wood PastureWood Pasture

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Wood PastureWood Pasture