2009/1/30 Ulf Lamping <[email protected]>: > LeedsTracker schrieb: >> Hello all >> >> How should covered reservoirs be tagged? >> >> I noticed man_made=reservoir_covered is in the JOSM presets and map >> features, though a page doesn't exist for it. > > IIRC, the man_made=reservoir_covered was existing before these "key > pages" were introduced. And no one cared about a dedicated page till now. > >> I see here: >> http://tagwatch.stoecker.eu/Great_britain/En/tags.html >> that 47 examples exist in GB. >> >> I found no discussion of this tag on the lists pages - perhaps it just >> emerged through usage. > > I guess that's the case here. > >> But this page: >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dreservoir >> ...says landuse=reservoir can be covered or uncovered. >> >> Mapnik renders reservoirs blue, which could be intuitively misleading >> for covered reservoirs. >> >> It also seems odd to have one type in man_made and the other in landuse. > > I think this is not really documented anywhere. > >> Any thoughts? Or should I stop worrying and create a page for >> man_made=reservoir_covered ? > > Of course, you can create a page here. Problem is, if you write down > what this *could* mean this may not reflect other peoples point of view > on this feature. >
I've used it twice for covered reservoirs in London. I suspect it's not under landuse because the idea of having landuse tags for everything was a later addition. Dave _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
