Ok thanks i will use embankment
there are only 2 of them in Faroe Islands so no biggie to change but then is the question what/how to tag right now i just have a way going from one island to the other should i draw an area that is a little wider than the road and tag the area as an embankment or should i just put an embankment on the way From: Martin Koppenhoefer Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 2:39 PM To: Martin Fossdal Guttesen Cc: [email protected] ; Tag discussion, strategy and related tools Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands 2009/11/30 Martin Fossdal Guttesen <[email protected]> if you look at the description of embankment on the map features page "An embankment is an artificial bank raised above the immediately-surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake or sea" then i don't think it is an embankment well, depends which part of the wiki you look at ;-) there is 2 definitions on the main page for embankment: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:embankment If you look at Description (main column), there's the text you cited plus: See wikipedia:Embankment (see below) If you look at Description (same page, but in the green column on the right), there is this: "A raised bank to carry a road, railway, or canal across a low-lying or wet area." please note the "low-lying", as there is no water at all required in this case. Wikipedia knows several usages of embankment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment a.. A levee or dike, an artificial bank raised above the immediately-surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake or sea b.. Embankment (transportation), in transportation, a raised bank to carry a road, railway, or canal across a low-lying or wet area c.. Embankment dam, a dam made of mounded earth and rock d.. Land reclamation along river banks, usually marked by roads and walkways running along it, parallel to the river, as in:... cheers, Martin
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