On 17-9-2010 23:29, Dave F. wrote:
I've never been happy using man_made as it's far too general. (instead I tag buildings as buildings etc..)
Mother nature sure didn't form these constructs.
reinforced_slope is to vague for me. Sometimes it's just natural bolders & others it's a vertical wall.
Thanks, you nailed it. We _are_ using it as a generic, somewhat vague tag, as we know these appear in various different forms and scopes that only a survey can make clear as to what exactly it is.
In that respect it's somewhat analogous to, say, natural=wetland. We're subclassing that as wetland=* to denote the various types of wetland. Taking that concept to your example:
I'm thinking that as it's to protect against the waves/tide it should be barrier=; & taking from the wiki & general usage (UK) it should be sea_wall.
A seawall is just one specific form of what we (and our national mapping agency) call a reinforced slope.
slope=seawall, slope=revetment ? surface=concrete/asphalt/accropode/riprap/basalt ?
barrier=seawall. Any objections?
What do you call such a thing if it is the shore of a reservoir, or along a river tens or hundreds of $distance_unit inland?
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