> Regarding man_made=qanat versus canal=qanat, it is worth pointing out that qanats surface and become surface canals for irrigation and distribution. > Thus, it would be continuity to go from waterway=canal, canal=qanat, tunnel=yes to waterway=canal instead.
Yes, that is the plan. You can also add usage=irrigation or another appropriate value of usage=*, and width=* – Joseph Eisenberg On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 9:12 AM Walker Bradley <walker.t.brad...@gmail.com> wrote: > I concur that historic or heritage should be secondary tags. > > Regarding man_made=qanat versus canal=qanat, it is worth pointing out that > qanats surface and become surface canals for irrigation and distribution. > Thus, it would be continuity to go from waterway=canal, canal=qanat, > tunnel=yes to waterway=canal instead. Thoughts? > > On Jun 26, 2020, at 11:27, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 15:57, Walker Bradley <walker.t.brad...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> So it would seem that historic=* or heritage=* would be appropriate >> sub-tags for qanats when applicable on top of waterway=canal, canal=qanat, >> tunnel=yes. >> > > That's how I see it. Using historic=qanat for modern qanats seems wrong. > So > if we need different tagging for modern qanats anyway, then handle historic > qanats by adding historic=yes. > >> >> I guess we would need to discuss after the approval of Qanat for what >> criterion/ia would determine historic=yes for qanat. >> > > See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Historic and then discuss if it > needs > modifying/expanding to specifically deal with qanats or if the page for > man_made=qanat needs text clarifying what Historic means for qanats. > > If a historian, even an amateur one, is eager to visit it then it's > historic. > If a historian takes a look and says "Meh" then it isn't historic. Which > isn't a very objective metric, so some would say the historic tag > shouldn't be used at all (another good reason to prefer man_made=qanat) > over historic=qanat). > > -- > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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