On a related note, should we encourage mapping of individual rice paddies, similar to what's being done with fish ponds?
*Erwin Olario* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - » email: erwin@ <er...@ngnuity.net>*n**gnu**IT**y**.**net* <http://ngnuity.net/> | gov...@gmail.com » 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 3:29 PM, Erwin Olario <gov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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@ <er...@ngnuity.net>*n**gnu**IT**y**.**net* > <http://ngnuity.net/> | gov...@gmail.com > » 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 <sea...@gmail.com> > 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" <gov...@gmail.com> 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@ <er...@ngnuity.net>*n**gnu**IT**y**.**net* >>> <http://ngnuity.net/> | gov...@gmail.com >>> » mobile: (PHL): +63 908 817 2013 >>> » OpenPGP key: 3A93D56B | 5D42 7CCB 8827 9046 1ACB 0B94 63A4 81CE 3A93 >>> D56B >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> talk-ph mailing list >>> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >>> >>> >
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