Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk-be] how to map a fr:talus?

2017-11-24 Thread André Pirard
On 2017-11-24 10:55, ralph.ayt...@ntlworld.com wrote: > > I have had a look on the Wallonia website. If you zoom out you will > see that this feature runs exactly parallel to the road to the south > of it. It is man made. It would have been created at the same time as > the road. It was done to

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk-be] how to map a fr:talus?

2017-11-24 Thread ralph.aytoun
I have had a look on the Wallonia website. If you zoom out you will see that this feature runs exactly parallel to the road to the south of it. It is man made. It would have been created at the same time as the road. It was done to raise the road to a higher level as a flood defence against the

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk-be] how to map a fr:talus?

2017-11-23 Thread Yves
Hmm, as a French, I surely know what a talus is. However, I don't think the man_made key would fit all of them. While surveying, are to say if they are natural or man made. To my knowledge, a 'talus' can also have 2 sides, like a small but elongated hill. Yves Le 23 novembre 2017 20:30:46

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk-be] how to map a fr:talus?

2017-11-23 Thread André Pirard
On 2017-11-23 17:26, joost schouppe wrote: > 2017-11-23 16:48 GMT+01:00 André Pirard >: > > Hi, > > I'm looking for how to map what is called in French a talus > (Google's translation).

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk-be] how to map a fr:talus?

2017-11-23 Thread joost schouppe
I'm not entirely sure this is what you have in mind, but in the cases where it is associated with roads, I've seen historic=hollow_way (when the slope is caused by the fact that there's an old road), and "embankment" or "cutting" when the slope is deliberatly constructed. In other cases, I've seen