2009/11/30 Martin Fossdal Guttesen <[email protected]> > if you look at the description of embankment on the map features page > > "An embankment is an artificial bank raised above the > immediately-surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, > lake or sea" > > then i don't think it is an embankment >
well, depends which part of the wiki you look at ;-) there is 2 definitions on the main page for embankment: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:embankment If you look at Description (main column), there's the text you cited plus: See wikipedia:Embankment <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment> (see below) If you look at Description (same page, but in the green column on the right), there is this: "A raised bank to carry a road, railway, or canal across a low-lying or wet area." please note the "low-lying", as there is no water at all required in this case. Wikipedia knows several usages of embankment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment - A levee <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levee> or dike, an artificial bank raised above the immediately-surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake or sea - Embankment (transportation)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment_%28transportation%29>, in transportation, a raised bank to carry a road, railway, or canal across a low-lying or wet area - Embankment dam <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment_dam>, a dam made of mounded earth and rock - Land reclamation along river banks<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_%28geography%29>, usually marked by roads and walkways running along it, parallel to the river, as in:... cheers, Martin
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