Bill Ricker wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Dave F. <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > highway=causeway > > > While I can accept a causeway dry on both sides as a limiting case, a > causeway with inclined=up or 10% stretches my understanding of > Causeway to the breaking point. > > Rather than wikipedia, let's check OSM feature wiki - That would be > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Causeway > *Definition:* A raised way allowing passage over water, marsh land, or > unstable land such as sand. > > All examples are intrinsically flat if not wet. > > I don't think that fits. Nor would I tag the Great Wall of China as a > Causeway, as it goes up and down mountains, not through a swamp. > > > This is so even if there were no underpassage below the TreeTop Way > for the wildlife as you seem to presume, on what evidence I can't > guess. A causeway like that would be contrary to sound forest > management. It's most likely highly cantilevered or hung between > pillars, to minimally disrupt the forest. > > Lacking an AerialPath or Treetop Way or a Catwalk, bridge=yes seems > close as it gets.
The wiki is not the finite answer. If it's lacking an item, add it, be it aerial_path or Catwalk etc. Bridge doesn't have to be the final answer. I agree that causeway is use specifically over watery areas, so viaduct could be used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viaduct This walkway appears to be "a bridge <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge> composed of several small spans". Dave F. _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
