There are two cases when I'm in doubt when choosing between "drainage ditch" and "drain".
1. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Lake_tahoe_storm_drain_el_dorado_beach_2.jpg I would call the pipe a "drain", but is the channal in the ground carrying industrial discharge after the pipe a ditch or a drain? 2. The storm water channals along roads and paths in pupulated places are usually lined, which let's you easily call them "drains". http://councillordiane.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/stormdrain.jpg http://www.roadex.org/wp-content/uploads/elearning/drainage/4/431b.jpg But the strom water channals along roads and paths in unpopulated places are usually unlined. Whould you call them "ditches" or "drais"? http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/engineer/facts/98-015f6.jpg https://www.roadex.org/wp-content/uploads/elearning/drainage/4/411.jpg http://alphasoil.com/v/alphasoil/content/e197/e662/englishKoffer-Zeichnungschotter-strasse-im-querschnittklein_RU.jpg Cheers, Eugene сб, 2 февр. 2019 г. в 11:25, Mark Wagner <mark+...@carnildo.com>: > > My copy of the Oxford English Dictionary has about a page of > definitions for "ditch" and "drain", and not a hint that either of them > needs to be lined. > > -- > Mark > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 01:28:10 +0100 > Sergio Manzi <s...@smz.it> wrote: > > > I know, that's why I asked for a good one... > > > > On 2019-02-02 01:23, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > > > Dictionary.com usually provides definitions in American English, so > > > it wouldn’t be a good source. > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 8:35 AM Sergio Manzi <s...@smz.it > > > <mailto:s...@smz.it>> wrote: > > > > > > Please point me to a dictionary defining "drain" as a "lined > > > ditch" or in any way stating that a drain must be lined, because I > > > tried and I failed. > > > > > > Best I found is in dictionary.com <http://dictionary.com> that > > > (/under /"/Physical Geography/") define it as > > > > > > 1. an artificial watercourse, as a ditch or trench. > > > 2. a natural watercourse modified to increase its flow of > > > water. > > > > > > > > > On 2019-02-01 23:46, Paul Allen wrote: > > >> On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 22:43, Sergio Manzi <s...@smz.it > > >> <mailto:s...@smz.it>> wrote: > > >> > > >> So, how do you tag drains which are not lined? > > >> > > >> > > >> Ditch. Because, physically, that's what it is. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Paul > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Tagging mailing list > > >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org> > > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Tagging mailing list > > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org> > > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Tagging mailing list > > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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