Re: [Tagging] Ford and other river crossing : (was : waterway=wadi problem)

2015-01-24 Thread Eric SIBERT
I wonder if there are enough of them to warrant their own bridge=*, as there are so many kinds of bridges. I bet we can put a ford tag on the bridge - it might be a simple solution. I agree with your suggestion of using boot bridge=yes and ford=yes as it is usually a bridge but sometime

Re: [Tagging] Ford and other river crossing : (was : waterway=wadi problem)

2015-01-24 Thread John Willis
Is a bridge in flood usable? I think not. This discussion is about rare, special bridges that are used for such a purpose. They are usually in places that flood where emergency access is still required, or they are the only means of accessing an otherwise inaccessible area. Normally, when

Re: [Tagging] Ford and other river crossing : (was : waterway=wadi problem)

2015-01-24 Thread Warin
On 25/01/2015 5:39 AM, Eric SIBERT wrote: I wonder if there are enough of them to warrant their own bridge=*, as there are so many kinds of bridges. I bet we can put a ford tag on the bridge - it might be a simple solution. I agree with your suggestion of using boot bridge=yes and ford=yes as

[Tagging] Ford and other river crossing : (was : waterway=wadi problem)

2015-01-21 Thread Eric Sibert
My apologize for switching the discussion (so I change the title accordingly) and also for slowly answering. First, I was not aware of depth=* use recommendation with ford=yes although it is in the wiki for years. Let me back to Madagascar. We have: - unpaved road crossing permanent river

Re: [Tagging] Ford and other river crossing : (was : waterway=wadi problem)

2015-01-21 Thread johnw
I have one last case: some low profile bridge (without parapet) may be submerged after heavy rain but may be still usable if water depth above the bridge in not too high. How to tag this? I was going to ask this - as most of the fords in Southern California are only made for