2014/1/24 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > > Am 24/gen/2014 um 07:46 schrieb Kytömaa Lauri <lauri.kyto...@aalto.fi>: > > > > It's then only natural that they use tunnel=building_passage or even > tunnel=yes when they map these, totally without any regard to whether some > engineers or geologists or encyclopedia editors have restricted the use of > the word in their field in English to only under ground level tunnels. > > actually in this Case it was the osm-wiki key definition that restricted > the usage, not just some scientist or encyclopedia author or international > technical standard >
In favor of Kytömaa's observation I'll mention the best-known tunnel in the world, the Boulevard Louis II in Monaco ( http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4230891#map=16/43.7369/7.4349), known to Formula One fans all over the world (and also non-Formula One fans) as "The Tunnel". Ciao, Simone
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