Karl Newman wrote: > Wow, that's not obvious to the casual (non-UK) observer. In the US, the > usage of "canal" is different. They're almost never navigable, and even > small drainage ditches are commonly called "canals". Almost no-one here > would call any kind of waterway a "drain". Definitely clarify that on the > Wiki.
It's a fairly classic confusion - "canal" vs "channel" (same root). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_canal cheers Richard _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
