On Saturday 17 October 2009 02:21:47 Charlotte Wolter wrote: > Also, I saw the sugestions that "drains" be used, but to me > a "drain" is not something natural. Most of these streams are natural > formations that have become encased in concrete only recently. > Usually, only part of the stream course has concrete walls, and the > rest is often natural. And, as in the case of the LA River, the whole > thing may be returned to a natural state some day. > What does everyone else think of "drain."
I don't know where some peoples associations: concrete banks -> drain "soft" banks -> stream come from. If a swamp gets drained to turn it into farmland, then you have lots of drains, but (almost) none of them will have concrete banks. <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.059824&lon=5.081575&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF> If a stream gets partially canalized it is still a stream to me. (nothing near here, so no example ;) _ _ _ _ _ _ If the stream holds water intermittently on a seasonal basis, then you can also use seasonal=yes. There are no rendering rules for that either, but .... -- m.v.g., Cartinus _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
