2010/11/1 Andrew Errington <[email protected]>: > On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:22:19 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> 2010/11/1 SomeoneElse <[email protected]>: >> > On 31/10/2010 13:46, Gorm E. Johnsen wrote: >> >> I propose to replace highway=ford with ford=yes (or perhaps >> >> barrier=ford?) on nodes as well, simply to de-clutter the highway tag >> >> and to be more consistent. >> >> IMHO for the cases I tagged highway=ford on nodes it fits well. >> "simply to declutter" is not a sufficient argument to change 5000 tags >> that are in use for a long time. > > ford=yes is the right answer, like bridge=yes and tunnel=yes. A ford is a > linear feature, usually extending across the width of a river, much like a > bridge does, which could be several metres long.
I tagged a path crossing a stream with highway=ford. Even if this is on closeup a linear feature, beeing the stream less then 1 meter wide and the path as well, anything else then a node seems exaggerated to me. If the ford is to cross a real river I agree that a way would be better. > Replacing 5000 instances of > the 'old' tag is a drop in the ocean. no, it is completely replacing an entire feature forcing your own idea of how a feature should be represented. Automated Edits of this kind are not welcome. See the wiki on automated edits. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
