> I'm a native speaker of English and I only came across the word "adit" > relatively recently. To me it seems obscure and technical - but I > understand that in other parts of the world it's common. In the US the term "adit" appears on at least some USGS 7.5 minute topo maps. The ones I have explored fit this part of the Wikipedia definition: "Adits are also used to explore for mineral veins" (as opposed to a general mine entrance).
Mike On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Mateusz Konieczny <[email protected]> wrote: > "Would man_made=mine_entrance be offensive to people who do use the word > 'adit'?" > > It would include both adits (horizontal) and shafts (vertical) what may or > may not be a good idea. > > 2014-12-08 12:29 GMT+01:00 Steve Bennett <[email protected]>: >> >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Warin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>> >>> And tags for other mine entrance types? >>> >>> Would it not be better to have >>> >>> man_made=mine_entrance >>> type=adit etc >> >> >> I'm a native speaker of English and I only came across the word "adit" >> relatively recently. To me it seems obscure and technical - but I understand >> that in other parts of the world it's common. >> >> Would man_made=mine_entrance be offensive to people who do use the word >> 'adit'? >> >> Steve >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
