2011/1/5 Steve Bennett <[email protected]>: > On 4/01/2011 7:20 AM, Paul Norman wrote: >> >> They both have elements of flow control, but function in quite different >> ways and look very different. A weir is used to raise the water level or >> control flow, with water flowing over the top. A sluice gate is >> essentially >> a valve for small waterways.
+1 > In this case, why not something like: > waterway=weir > weir=sluice_gate -1 If I interpret the information from wikipedia correctly sluice_gates are not weirs (they can be part of weirs). weirs are overflown, while sluice_gates can be opened and then let the water flow underneath them. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
