I guess this can also apply to named straight bits as well?
http://onthethames.net/reaches-river-thames/
On 2018-09-27 11:58, Dave Swarthout wrote:
> I'm working on adding islands and other features in the Tanana River in
> Alaska. There are many named sloughs (side channels), islands and in some
> areas curves or bends that have a name. In my example there is a large bend
> in the river that has its own name, Harper Bend. I'm looking for a way to tag
> that section so that the name is findable. It would be nice but not
> imperative if that name would display on the OSM slippy map and incidentally,
> on my GPSr.
>
> If I break the river at both ends of the curve, I could add the name to the
> section between the breaks but that doesn't seem right because the river's
> name isn't changing. Another much more complicated solution would be to break
> the riverbank into sections and add a name to the one that encompasses the
> bend.
>
> I don't know why I didn't ask here first but I raised this question on the
> OSM Help forum and one answer was to use a node. But if one goes that way, I
> reckon a new tag would be needed. So let's begin our discussion with that.
> Given that it's important to me to describe our mapped objects as completely
> as possible, I want a method to tag such a bend.
>
> Suggestions? Opinions?
> Best,
> Dave
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> Dave Swarthout
> Homer, Alaska
> Chiang Mai, Thailand
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