"waterway=" is usually used for features that have to do with linear water features; values include dam, weir, lock, etc.
Since the name of a bend would be most useful for boaters and kayakers who are using a river as a waterway, I would recommend using "waterway=bend". This could then also be used for a bend in a canal, for example. "place=*" doesn't say anything about if the feature is natural or a settlement, and it isn't usually used for water features. Another option would be natural=bend or natural=river_bend, because natural=* is used for all sorts of geographic features in the natural landscape, including water features like bays, straights, etc. Joseph On 9/28/18, Dave Swarthout <[email protected]> wrote: > At first, the use of "section" seemed useful to consider. The tag > "whitewater:section_name" has not been defined in the Wiki but might be > adapted to this issue. However, the word "whitewater" would be misleading > IMO because this is a flat river that whitewater enthusiasts would not seek > out. Also, like place=locality it doesn't give any indication that this is > a bend or curve in a river. > > I keep coming back to Martin's place=river_bend. Adding a name=Harper Bend > along with that tag would solve the problem in a straightforward manner, > would not be confused with the specialized whitewater tagging schemes and > would be relatively easy to implement. A look at Taginfo tells me that the > "place" key has been misused quite a bit but I think place=river_bend > would be a logical and easily understood new use of the key. > > See Taginfo: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/place#values > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 11:38 PM Ture Pålsson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And again, with a link, this time! =) >> >> >> https://kso.etjanster.lantmateriet.se/?e=749899&n=7312843&z=9&profile=default_background_noauth >> >> >> 27 sep. 2018 kl. 18:36 skrev Ture Pålsson <[email protected]>: >> >> >> 27 sep. 2018 kl. 13:03 skrev Yves <[email protected]>: >> >> Place=locality makes sense, I guess the name is also used for the area >> close to the bend by extension. >> Locality on a node is always troublesome, and I wonder if anybody uses >> description=* to describe further the place, here this would be something >> like description=river bend. >> >> >> >> A simple place=locality gives no hint to a renderer that this is a water >> feature, and I can easily imagine a map style where one wants to do >> something special with those, like using blue text. >> >> Look at this example from northern Sweden, where features in the river >> (Bredselet, Trångforsen and Vidselet) have lent their names, but in >> different grammatical form, the the nearby villages/hamlets of Bredsel, >> Trångfors and Vidsel. >> >> (Follow there river and you'll see several other named rapids (-fors) and >> stretches of smooth water between them (-sel). >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > > -- > Dave Swarthout > Homer, Alaska > Chiang Mai, Thailand > Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
