Hey folks, I feel like this discussion has strayed away from an Imports discussion and more towards a tagging discussion. Let's bring it back on topic and continue the tagging thread on the tagging mailing list please.
-Ian (your friendly imports@ admin) On Jun 12, 2014 4:19 PM, "Eric Ladner" <eric.lad...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe "reservoir" should be reserved for bodies of water that were created > for a distinct purpose (i.e. a reservoir as a water source, or a reservoir > used for power generation) other than just some area dammed up so people > could swim/boat/fish. > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Michal Palenik <michal.pale...@freemap.sk > > wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 04:21:23PM -0500, Eric Ladner wrote: >> > On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 2:19 PM, malenki <o...@malenki.ch> wrote: >> > >> > > Am Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:00:59 +0200 >> > > schrieb Christoph Hormann <chris_horm...@gmx.de>: >> > > >> > > I won't use a tag which I don't consider useful. >> > > For me it is: >> > > waterway=* == flowing water >> > > natural=water == not flowing (though the most water bodies have >> > > some current) >> > > >> > > >> > Tags water=pond or water=lake may not be immediately view-able on the >> map, >> > but they do convey information (assuming there's also a natural=water >> tag >> > on the feature). >> > >> > water=lake - large natural bodies of water >> > water=reservoir - large man-made bodies of water >> > water=pond - small man-made bodies of water >> > >> > The only ambiguity is the vagueness of small vs. large, and local naming >> > conventions (something is named Lake Blah, when it is technically a >> > reservoir because it's man-made - Big Creek Lake in southern Alabama, >> for >> > example). >> >> well, there is also problem what is man-made, see >> http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%C4%8D%C3%BAvadlianske_jazero >> which is man made lake build in 16th century. so with the on the ground >> truth it's quite impossible to destinguish from natural lakes >> or http://www.freemap.sk/?c=core.gallery.view.22 >> which even I can rember being made. but it's still a lake. to be honest >> I cannot find a single lake within 20km radius, which is purely natural. >> >> >> >> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:water >> > >> > Personally, I'd vote for removing the double tagged water=lake;pond >> since >> > it's redundant and should be one or the other, not both, and ensuring >> that >> > each feature had a natural=water tag. Mappers at a later time could >> > determine whether or not to add a water=lake or water=pond (or >> > water=reservoir) tag to the feature. >> >> maybe plus fixme=check if its pond or lake >> >> > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Imports mailing list >> > > Imports@openstreetmap.org >> > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Eric Ladner >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Imports mailing list >> > Imports@openstreetmap.org >> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports >> >> >> -- >> michal palenik >> www.freemap.sk >> www.oma.sk >> > > > > -- > Eric Ladner > > _______________________________________________ > Imports mailing list > Imports@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports > >
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