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.
I've never heard a non-navigable waterway referred to as a canal, here in the Midwest USA. I've only what you're describing called a "drainage ditch" (as you said) or "irrigation ditch" depending on their intended purpose. "ditch" is IMO a reasonable combination of the two (since the intended purpose is generally not immediately obvious) -Alex Mauer "hawke" _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
