Would waterway=spreads only be used for intermittent streams/rivers where the waterway spreads out and evaporates on the surface?
If the water appears to sink into sand, gravel or fractured karst rock, would we want a different tag instead, e.g. waterway=sink? I understand that natural=cave_entrance can also be used when a waterway drops into a sinkhole or other open cave entrance, often found in limestone (karst) geology areas. -- Joseph Eisenberg On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 9:52 AM Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 at 17:07, Tod Fitch <t...@fitchfamily.org> wrote: > >> >> To clarify it for me, the a “waterway=spread” tag would be used on a node >> (rendered possibly as an asterisk) or on a way? Or either depending the >> situation? >> > > I'd say "spreads" rather than "spread" because that's the term OS uses. > I've only > ever seen OS use it on the terminal node of a waterway. More of a > crow's-foot > symbol than an asterisk, usually, but an asterisk works. I have no idea > how > you'd render it sensibly on a way. I assume you're thinking of something > like a > very sandy river bed where the water sometimes gets further than other > times, > depending on conditions. I'd be happy enough with a single node, because > that's better than we have now. If you can justify applying it to a way > and > think there's a need then do so, but if you're just trying to keep QA tools > happy... > > -- > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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