I pieced it together as best I could and came up with that, which reminds me that we need much better (UK-specific) tagging information on the Wiki.
Nothing stopping anyone rolling their own tags though. I'd have gone for man_made=leat which has some small precedent. Regards, *Paul* On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 12:25, Dan S <[email protected]> wrote: > I think instead of canal=headrace you meant to write usage=headrace? > That's what's in the wiki, and also 1000+ entries seen in taginfo. > > I've chatted many times to people about millraces, but the term > "headrace" (and "tailrace") is new to me. I'll add keywords to the > wiki to make searching easier. > > Best > Dan > > Op do 14 nov. 2019 om 11:53 schreef Paul Berry <[email protected]>: > > > > Looking at the existing guidelines it would be waterway=canal and > canal=headrace (canal here used in the power rather than transport context) > > > > If this is indeed correct then it's not very obvious but it is detailed > here: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Hydropower_water_supplies#Headraces > > > > Regards, > > Paul > > > > On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 11:16, Charlie Reid <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi > >> > >> > >> > >> Can find no guidance on the Wiki about tagging mill races. I come > across these continually while surveying. > >> > >> > >> > >> They are a totally distinctive water feature which don’t bear much > relation to listed waterway types. Drain seems to be the closes value – but > this really misrepresents their appearance, purpose and behaviour. > >> > >> > >> > >> Any thoughts > >> > >> > >> > >> Charlie Reid > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Talk-GB mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-GB mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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