I render the things that OSM shows as cliffs, because sometimes surprises lurk between the contour lines. Otherwise, when I care, on my own maps I render elevation contours (and hence have no use for the cliff height in the data base). In a spot like https://kbk.is-a-geek.net/catskills/test3.html?la=42.1876&lo=-74.0397&z=14, it's pretty obvious that there are cliffs about.
I do like the idea of having some sort of object for cuts and fills, because they're important features that often aren't in the elevation databases. Highway and rail embankments would kind of come along for the ride. On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would hope that a scheme can be had that is one sided - and the same for > cliff, embankment, cutting etc. > > As such it should be one sided. After all another side could have a > different slope/area. A single sided scheme could be used for 2 sided or > multi sided structures by many separate one sided OSM entries, as many > entries as required to represent the structure. In this way the name of the > structure has less relevance ... when does an embankment become a cutting? > A cutting a cliff? If the result is the same .. then it does not really > matter what it it called, avoids arguments of things like masts vs tower, > monument vs memorial. > > One rendering, not OSM based, has cliffs in pink, the top with spikes > pointing downwards and the vertical rise stated as a number in meters. > > On 30-Nov-16 09:57 AM, Lorenzo "Beba" Beltrami wrote: > > It makes sense that a road embankment have only one slope. > > Perhaps for a levee[1] we need a specific tagging system because a levee > has always two slopes. > > I'm native of the Po Valley where levees are along every river (Volker can > confirm it ;) ). > A levee for flood prevention could be simple[2] but even a wide and > complex feature[3] to map. > > Lorenzo > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levee#River_flood_prevention > [2] http://www.navecorsara.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ > Stirone_argine_1-580x435.jpg > [3] http://bur.regione.veneto.it/resourcegallery/photos/465_ > Guarda%20Veneta_ro_Panorama%20con%20argine.jpg > > 2016-11-29 23:28 GMT+01:00 Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.kenny+...@gmail.com>: > >> 'Embankment' is frequently used for a built-up structure on a steep >> hillside that keeps a road, railroad, or similar feature from sliding into >> a gorge or river. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ >> Embankment_%28transportation%29#/media/File:Embankment_1_%28PSF%29.png >> for an illustration from Wikipedia. Except for the portion crossing the >> tributary stream, the road in the picture is clearly NOT banked on the >> uphill side, so the embankment here is what Warin was describing as >> 'one-sided.' >> >> Locally to me, this is the commonest sense of the word. >> >> I am a native speaker of American English, and I live in terrain heavily >> sculpted by the glaciers of the last Ice Age, where highway and railroad >> embankments are relatively common. >> >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Volker Schmidt <vosc...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 29 November 2016 at 22:03, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Not all embankment have 2 slopes >>>> >>> >>> To my understanding of the English term, an "embankment" is the >>> equivalent of dyke or levee and is a long, narrow man-made elevation. >>> Therefore they always have two slopes of opposite directions (leaving out >>> the ends) >>> >>> What Martin proposes should get a different tag name to distinguish it >>> from an embankment. The term "on-sided enmbankment" is used in OSM for >>> this, but I do not like it at all. I strongly recommend to use a different >>> tag name. I used "slope" as this is the term used to describe the inclined >>> flanks of levees (=embankments). >>> >>> >>> Length - simple set as the length of the way. Cliffs are tagged as a >>> single way at the top of the cliff, with the right hand side being >>> 'downwards' when facing the direction of the way. >>> >>> Vertical rise - could be tagged with the height key.. this can vary over >>> the length of the feature (I have found this on some maps as a number in >>> meters ... assumed to be the maximum vertical locally rise in meters) To >>> accomodate teh change in vertical height .. put the height on individual >>> nodes? >>> >>> Slope - or in OSM terms 'incline'. This in OSM is entered as a way along >>> the top where the slope would be minimal and not what 'we' want to >>> describe. ... as cliffs, cuttings and embankments are best described this >>> way I think incline may not be the best thing to tag? Humm stairs are >>> described using the incline key ... but on a way that goes up .. leaving >>> the top and bottom free of this. So maybe a top and bottom way .. with a >>> simple way from bottom to top containing the incline information? >>> >>> While the 'top' and 'bottom' of natural features can be a bit fuzzy they >>> are features that should be mapped. Definition? Something for a geologist? >>> Along the lines of the line formed by the intersection of the average slope >>> of land before the change to the average slope of land after the change ( >>> the change being the cliff, embankment or cutting)? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 30-Nov-16 01:25 AM, Volker Schmidt wrote: >>> >>>> If you want to micromap slopes you should create a new key "slope" or >>>> something similar. An embankment has two slopes. It is equivalent to dyke >>>> or levee. The one-side embankments that are defined in the OSM wiki, are in >>>> reality slopes and should be retagged accordingly. >>>> >>>> Independently of the name used fo the tag I see the prblem of defining >>>> where the slope starts, normally these are rounded features. >>>> >>>> On 29 November 2016 at 13:48, Martin Koppenhoefer < >>>> dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Currently we are mapping only one side of the embankment (I think it's >>>>> the upper side, but am not sure if the wiki says this explicitly), with >>>>> the >>>>> direction. What we would IMHO need is a way to map the lower side as well >>>>> and to combine both. A closed polygon will not work I believe. >>>>> >>>>> The obvious solution that comes to mind is a new relation type: in >>>>> case the upper end is mapped, draw a new way for the lower end and combine >>>>> both with a relation (possibly assigning roles like upper and lower, maybe >>>>> also draw lateral ways (ways that connect the ends of the upper and lower >>>>> ways and defines their shape) in cases they are not straight). (The >>>>> type=area relation does this) >>>>> >>>>> Maybe it could also be done without the relation, simply by tagging >>>>> the upper and lower ways accordingly, and connect them at least at one of >>>>> their ends with an explicit lateral way (and respective tags). This would >>>>> require from the data user to topologically search for the embankment area >>>>> in order to be able to render it (or make other use). >>>>> >>>>> What do you think, which representation is better? 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