--- On Mon, 25/5/09, dar...@tpg.com.au wrote:
> What I do have a problem with is a rock or concrete wall
> that is built to control the flow of water as
> in river mouths and enclosing harbours. Some call them
> "Breakwalls", some call them "Training
> Walls", some call them "Breakwaters", some
> On Tue, 26 May 2009 07:31:01 +1000
> Liz wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 26 May 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote:
>> > My original question was in relation to concreate slab crossings
>> > which technically aren't fords because they dry far more often than
>> > wet, and they aren't raised at all so they're not br
Hi there,
The maps produced by the NSW Department of Lands (now NSW Land and Property
Information) calls them a "breakwater" in their map key. I've also seen the
breakwater term used on warning sings and the like which are posted near said
man-made rocky protrusions.
So, unless a different gov
>
> Really? We've always called 'em Fords here in SA, they called
> causeways
> elsewhere? And a causeway to me is exactly the definition I saw
> posted
> earlier from wikipedia, so the whole confusion is confusing to me :)
>
> > Something else I can't work out how to tag is a jetty, the thing
On Tue, 26 May 2009 07:31:01 +1000
Liz wrote:
> On Tue, 26 May 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote:
> > My original question was in relation to concreate slab crossings
> > which technically aren't fords because they dry far more often than
> > wet, and they aren't raised at all so they're not bridges.
> >
On Tue, 26 May 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote:
> My original question was in relation to concreate slab crossings which
> technically aren't fords because they dry far more often than wet, and they
> aren't raised at all so they're not bridges.
>
> I can't find an example of what I mean, I'll have to ta
--- On Mon, 25/5/09, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote:
> They're not marked in though, because the river
> hasn't been marked in yet either. Along that road they
> are marked with an RTA road sign which reads
> "FORD". Perhaps we could mark all the crossings
> which are signposted as such as highway=
I have seen proper always-wet fords in NSW, namely along the Gloucester Tops
road:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-32.0583&lon=151.7438&zoom=13&layers=B000FTF
They're not marked in though, because the river hasn't been marked in yet
either. Along that road they are marked with an RTA road si
--- On Mon, 25/5/09, Delta Foxtrot wrote:
> A section of ABS boundary is over 4000 nodes, but I keep
> getting an error about a maximum of 2000 nodes, and I can't
> figure out how to split or otherwise the segment so it can
> be turned into a river/border.
JOSM can't deal with it, but for some r
--- On Mon, 25/5/09, Liz wrote:
> Yup, in New South, when you have a concrete road way
> built into the bottom of a creek bed, crossing the creek,
> that's a causeway. Except it's a ford.
Except the deff of a ford is that it's usually wet and the slabs in NSW creeks
and gullies are usually dry,
On Mon, 25 May 2009, Stephen Hope wrote:
> Just be grateful you're not trying to teach English to some-one who
> speaks Melanesian pidgin. There's no distinction there between a
> bridge, a pier, a jetty, etc. If it's man-made and it's elevated,
> it's a bris. Trying to explain why English uses
2009/5/25 Liz :
>
> Something else I can't work out how to tag is a jetty, the thing that juts
> out into water and boats tie up to. But after 8 years of drought here,
> perhaps I needn't worry too much.
>
>
Just be grateful you're not trying to teach English to some-one who
speaks Melanesian pidg
On Mon, 25 May 2009, Darrin Smith wrote:
> Really? We've always called 'em Fords here in SA, they called causeways
> elsewhere? And a causeway to me is exactly the definition I saw posted
> earlier from wikipedia, so the whole confusion is confusing to me :)
Yup, in New South, when you have a conc
On Mon, 25 May 2009 18:50:15 +1030
Graeme Wilson wrote:
> If you need something checked anywhere, ie street names etc, as long
> as it will only take a few minutes as I am passing through, then make
> a list and I will see what I can do.
On good thing to get since you mentioned the YP is the pat
Mark Pulley wrote:
> Quoting Delta Foxtrot :
>
>
>> Wikipedia has 2 distinct entries, a ford is something close to the
>> usual concrete slab I'm thinking/refering to, the US version of a
>> causeway looks like a built up piece of land acting like a low
>> bridge, although they do seem
On Mon, 25 May 2009 20:26:45 +1000
Liz wrote:
> On Mon, 25 May 2009, Mark Pulley wrote:
> > Wikipedia also has
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_water_crossing - this is what I
> > have been thinking of as 'causeway'.
> >
> > Do we need a new setting highway=low_water_crossing ?
>
>
>
> for
On Mon, 25 May 2009, Mark Pulley wrote:
> Wikipedia also has
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_water_crossing - this is what I have
> been thinking of as 'causeway'.
>
> Do we need a new setting highway=low_water_crossing ?
ford should do that OK.
We have an interesting language problem in
On Mon, 25 May 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote:
> Wikipedia has 2 distinct entries, a ford is something close to the usual
> concrete slab I'm thinking/refering to, the US version of a causeway looks
> like a built up piece of land acting like a low bridge, although they do
> seem to have a Western Austr
Hi All,
I will be working in SA for several months, everywhere from Mt Gambier to
Olympic Dam to Ceduna. I will be going through the Yorke Peninsula too and
adding major roads.
If you need something checked anywhere, ie street names etc, as long as it will
only take a few minutes as I a
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