It's probably not being used as such but rice are flood crops and the wiki page for dyke states it as "an embankment built to *restrict the flow of water or other liquids*" , which in this applies to restricting the water within the paddies.
Is there a more appropriate tag? *Erwin Olario* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - » email: erwin@ <[email protected]>*n**gnu**IT**y**.**net* <http://ngnuity.net/> | [email protected] » mobile: (PHL): +63 908 817 2013 » OpenPGP key: 3A93D56B | 5D42 7CCB 8827 9046 1ACB 0B94 63A4 81CE 3A93 D56B On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]> wrote: > I think neither tag is appropriate. man_made=dyke doesn't seem to be > appropriate since a dyke's purpose is to prevent flooding, and these rice > paddy embankments do not do that. > On Aug 11, 2014 5:32 AM, "Erwin Olario" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> First of all, kudos to the volunteers working in the Lubao area[0] in >> Pampanga for the level of details they are adding to OpenStreetMap. >> >> I do wonder, however, if the appropriate tags are being used. In this >> case, paddy field levees are being tagged as highway=path, when in fact >> they are primarily used as embankments, not as paths. >> >> Many of us here in the mailing list would consider Lubao as a local >> showcase for OpenStreetMap and perhaps, like me, would like it to show what >> "Philippine Mapping Convention" is like in real life. >> >> I normally use the following tags for rice paddies: >> landuse=farmland >> crop=rice >> farm=flooded_crops >> >> What are your thoughts about tagging ways between paddies as >> man_made=dyke [1] over highway=path ? >> >> [0] http://osm.org/go/4zOPCCmZg-?m= >> [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Ddyke >> >> >> >> *Erwin Olario* >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> » email: erwin@ <[email protected]>*n**gnu**IT**y**.**net* >> <http://ngnuity.net/> | [email protected] >> » mobile: (PHL): +63 908 817 2013 >> » OpenPGP key: 3A93D56B | 5D42 7CCB 8827 9046 1ACB 0B94 63A4 81CE 3A93 >> D56B >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >> >>
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