Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Pieren pier...@gmail.com wrote: is that okay if I modify the wiki page and suggest to use tunnel=culvert (and ford=culvert / bridge=culvert) instead of the ambivalent culvert=yes ? I'd like to know what ford=culvert means first.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread edodd
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Pieren pier...@gmail.com wrote: is that okay if I modify the wiki page and suggest to use tunnel=culvert (and ford=culvert / bridge=culvert) instead of the ambivalent culvert=yes ? I'd like to know what ford=culvert means first.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 8:55 AM, ed...@billiau.net wrote: On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Pieren pier...@gmail.com wrote: is that okay if I modify the wiki page and suggest to use tunnel=culvert (and ford=culvert / bridge=culvert) instead of the ambivalent culvert=yes ? I'd like to know

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread Emilie Laffray
On 27 August 2010 13:55, ed...@billiau.net wrote: On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Pieren pier...@gmail.com wrote: is that okay if I modify the wiki page and suggest to use tunnel=culvert (and ford=culvert / bridge=culvert) instead of the ambivalent culvert=yes ? I'd like to know

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread edodd
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 8:55 AM, ed...@billiau.net wrote: On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Pieren pier...@gmail.com wrote: is that okay if I modify the wiki page and suggest to use tunnel=culvert (and ford=culvert / bridge=culvert) instead of the ambivalent culvert=yes ? I'd like to know

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread edodd
Sorry, I should have photographed one I passed this morning, complete with water. I am sure there will be other opportunities to take that photo. Emilie Laffray rain has been pretty rare in the last 10 years, so only twice since then have I seen the water in the little culverts

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 9:17 AM, ed...@billiau.net wrote: In a town which does not have underground storm water management, the gutters at the side of the roads have to cross one of the roads at an intersection so you have a half-elliptical shaped culvert which traffic crosses, making a

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 27/08/2010 14:17, ed...@billiau.net wrote: In a town which does not have underground storm water management, the gutters at the side of the roads have to cross one of the roads at an intersection so you have a half-elliptical shaped culvert which traffic crosses, making a little ford. The

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread Pieren
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Jonathan Bennett openstreet...@jonno.cix.co.uk wrote: If the vehicle travels through the water, it's a ford, not a culvert -- the water is passing *over* the road, not under it. So, let say that when it is uncovered, it's either a ditch or a ford or whatever

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/8/27 Pieren pier...@gmail.com: But nobody is replying to my suggestion : is it okay to replace culvert=yes but a tunnel=culvert (or tunnel=sewel)(or bridge=culvert on the highway when it happens that the structure is directly used as a bridge) in the wiki ? I already replied:

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 27/08/2010 15:36, Pieren wrote: But nobody is replying to my suggestion : is it okay to replace culvert=yes but a tunnel=culvert (or tunnel=sewel)(or bridge=culvert on the highway when it happens that the structure is directly used as a bridge) in the wiki ? I believe it's been shown that

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread edodd
On 27/08/2010 14:17, ed...@billiau.net wrote: In a town which does not have underground storm water management, the gutters at the side of the roads have to cross one of the roads at an intersection so you have a half-elliptical shaped culvert which traffic crosses, making a little ford.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/8/27 ed...@billiau.net: If you favourite search engine open-top culvert you will find the open variety. Will you now need another tag? actually yes, I probably would, because that proves IMHO that culvert is too generic. In German those would be a completely different word instead for

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread David Fawcett
I my experience with culverts and American English, they always have a top. The wikipedia article matches my experience: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culvert On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:51 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/8/27  ed...@billiau.net: If you favourite search

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
Details ausblenden 23:13 (Vor 0 Minuten) 2010/8/27 David Fawcett david.fawc...@gmail.com: I my experience with culverts and American English, they always have a top. The wikipedia article matches my experience: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culvert yes, my first comments were mainly

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread John F. Eldredge
culvert is likely to walk right past, without realizing that they have reached their landmark. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor From :mailto:dieterdre...@gmail.com Date :Fri Aug 27 16:13:21 America/Chicago 2010 Details ausblenden 23:13