I think neither tag is appropriate. man_made=dyke doesn't seem to be appropriate since a dyke's purpose is to prevent flooding, and these rice paddy embankments do not do that. On Aug 11, 2014 5:32 AM, "Erwin Olario" <gov...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > First of all, kudos to the volunteers working in the Lubao area[0] in > Pampanga for the level of details they are adding to OpenStreetMap. > > I do wonder, however, if the appropriate tags are being used. In this > case, paddy field levees are being tagged as highway=path, when in fact > they are primarily used as embankments, not as paths. > > Many of us here in the mailing list would consider Lubao as a local > showcase for OpenStreetMap and perhaps, like me, would like it to show what > "Philippine Mapping Convention" is like in real life. > > I normally use the following tags for rice paddies: > landuse=farmland > crop=rice > farm=flooded_crops > > What are your thoughts about tagging ways between paddies as man_made=dyke > [1] over highway=path ? > > [0] http://osm.org/go/4zOPCCmZg-?m= > [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Ddyke > > > > *Erwin Olario* > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > » email: erwin@ <er...@ngnuity.net>*n**gnu**IT**y**.**net* > <http://ngnuity.net/> | gov...@gmail.com > » mobile: (PHL): +63 908 817 2013 > » OpenPGP key: 3A93D56B | 5D42 7CCB 8827 9046 1ACB 0B94 63A4 81CE 3A93 > D56B > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > >
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