On 18/01/2015 7:47 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:14:53 -0800
From: Tod Fitch<[email protected]>
To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools"
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Subject: Re: [Tagging] waterway=wadi problem
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The more I think about this issue the more I am coming to the feeling that waterway=wadi
ought to be deprecated and we should come up with a way of further defining
"intermittent" to distinguish between seasonal and ephemeral flow patterns.
Based on other responses on this thread maybe:
waterway=*
intermittent=yes/no (default assumption of "no")
intermittent:frequency=winter/spring/summer/fall/seasonal/ephemeral/unknown (default
assumption of "unknown")
Tod
Less work if intermittent is simply used without the frequency extension
.. thus:
intermittent=yes/no/winter/spring/summer/autum/seasonal/ephemeral (default assumption of
"no")
Note 'fall' = northern American english, 'autum' for english english ?
Comments: An intermittent=winter may not flow every winter .. but it is
'expected' to flow in winter. This year the 'Todd River' flowed in central
Australia, usually there is no folw, might flow evrey 5? years. As such it is
'ephemeral'. As it is called a 'River' by the locals and on maps and by the
government so it is tagged in OSM. I looked at wadi ... but it does not match
my understanding nor local use.
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