Hi again and sorry for the empty reply before. Jochen Plumeyer on 14 February 2010 18:03 > > Hello, > > On Dom 14 Feb 2010, Hans van Wijk wrote: > > Michael Buege wrote > > > Would be good, to hear more about this fact from somebody > who have > > > better knowledge of the Haitian driving habits. > > > > Yes, I found more situations on the imagery that would benefit from > > someone who's been there, but the car in the riverbed on the image > > made it pretty believable that cars actually do drive > there, didn't it? > > I can confirm the habit of using riverbeds as roads if possible. > > I think it is possible, that the quakes have densified the > sand/ sediments in the riverbeds, and hence it is ironically > much safer than normal (without > quake) to drive in them.
We could benefit from some tag that identifies a river that dries out during dry season and I believe 'wadi' is a good candidate. I saw a 'wadibank' already somewhere, which also makes for a good waterway value when it concerns a closed way. See also wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi Michael you wrote earlier: > Jan Tappenbeck and I talked about this issue last week, without a solution how to handle this. Is this in the archives or was it face to face? I also comment on John's contribution: John wrote: > I do not see why we cannot have two traces in the same place (or with > a small offset). Hopefully we will be able to identify the entrance > and exit of the 'roadway'. I am sure that these 'roadways' would be seasonal. > > Sometimes hiking trails (my expertise) will follow a streambed for > a while and for the sake of continuity, this is how it is handled. Sure this makes for a solution, but I can't shake the feeling that it's wrong as long as they aren't two separate ways. _______________________________________________ Talk-ht mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht
