Tristan Scott wrote: >Sent: 01 September 2008 3:37 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - waterways/ditch > >This is a request for comments (my first, so let me know if i've done >it wrong!) on my waterway/ditch. >http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Ditch > >mainly as there's a large area of marshes around where I live, and the >canal waterway tag is completely inappropriate for the still overgrown >drainage ditches (too wide to jump, too overgrown and narrow to >navigate, and not even remotely canal-like) >I can get organised with a picture of the ditch if that's necessary. >Note that ditchs are occasionally "slubbed" out, but every ditch i >know of is more than 50 years old - so it's not as if they're >seasonal. > >oh, and they're on Ordnance Survey maps as thin blue lines, if that's >relevant.
Map Features has always had a waterway=drain tag which was always intended for drains and ditches. I've been using that when I come across one. Cheers Andy _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
