[Tagging] Storm water control works?

2015-07-18 Thread johnw
there are a lot of “works” that are related to control stormwater runoff / flooding control stations (more than just a valve on a levee), that close / monitor the water outflow/inflow that is normally open for rice farming/storm runoff, and closes for extreme weather events, but it seems to be

[Tagging] oil binding agent?

2015-07-18 Thread Friedrich Volkmann
I am looking for the English term for granulate that is made to absorb oil that was spilled due to a leak or a vehicle accident and threatens ground water. The granulate is often stored in boxes along forest tracks in water protection areas. In Austria, the boxes are labelled ÖLBINDEMITTEL, which

Re: [Tagging] Storm water control works?

2015-07-18 Thread Volker Schmidt
There is 1200 uses of man_made=pumping_station, so is this something worht documenting as in use and adding to the man made wiki page? Yes. I have mapped many of them here in Northern Italy, but had not noticed that the tagging is not documented in the wiki. They are called Idrovora and vary

Re: [Tagging] oil binding agent?

2015-07-18 Thread Mike Thompson
The term (at least one of the terms) used in the US is oil absorbent For example: http://www.autozone.com/shop-and-garage-tools/oil-absorbent/moltan-33-lbs-granular-oil-grease-water-and-coolant-absorbent/690875_0_0/ I have seen it used in garages and auto repair shops, but never stored along

Re: [Tagging] Storm water control works?

2015-07-18 Thread John Willis
There is 1200 uses of man_made=pumping_station, so is this something worht documenting as in use and adding to the man made wiki page? Javbw? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 18, 2015, at 8:11 PM, johnw jo...@mac.com wrote: there are a lot of “works” that are related to control stormwater runoff

Re: [Tagging] Storm water control works?

2015-07-18 Thread John Willis
There is talk on the discussion page about tagging what it is pumping (drinking water, sewage, raw water, etc) so i think we should add the tag for is the the pipeline umm.. Medium? usage? Ill have to check what is the documented method for tagging what a pipe is carrying, and make sure there

Re: [Tagging] Storm water control works?

2015-07-18 Thread johnw
What I was talking about On Jul 19, 2015, at 10:03 AM, John Willis jo...@mac.com wrote: operated valve at the top of the levee to close it, Most of the ones I find are on a little pier like thing. I guess the smaller ones were for dam water level adjustment on small dams. large pier

Re: [Tagging] Storm water control works?

2015-07-18 Thread John Willis
Question on storm drain tagging - Most of the rivers here have storm levees to hold back the typhoon runoff (like right now in Kyoto) - and *every* single tiny stream and many drains from rice farming (drains are streams streams are drains when everything goes through a field) go into a

Re: [Tagging] Storm water control works?

2015-07-18 Thread John Willis
Shouldn't be drainage? Perhaps flood_water would be a good choice Javbw Sent from my iPhone On Jul 19, 2015, at 7:48 AM, Volker Schmidt vosc...@gmail.com wrote: Drain is missing ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org