Re: [Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-29 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 1:18 AM, Malcolm Herring < malcolm.herr...@btinternet.com> wrote: > On 29/05/2015 08:41, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > >> Why is this a property of the dock, >> rather than a property of the water body. >> > > A dock is a body of water. It may or may not be separated from a > conn

Re: [Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-29 Thread Malcolm Herring
On 29/05/2015 13:16, John Eldredge wrote: That is just one of the common meanings of dock. Another common meaning is as a synonym for pier, an above-water structure used to give access to a ship. You are referring to the en-us usage of the word "dock", which covers piers, pontoons & the like.

Re: [Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-29 Thread John Eldredge
That is just one of the common meanings of dock. Another common meaning is as a synonym for pier, an above-water structure used to give access to a ship. On May 29, 2015 3:41:23 AM Malcolm Herring wrote: On 29/05/2015 08:41, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > Why is this a property of the dock, > rat

Re: [Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-29 Thread 715371
I would like to make the decision based on the usage of a dock. Such dock=tidal would never be used to pump the dock dry, but to keep a fixed water level, I think. Then the usage of dock=drydock would be associated to the purpose of dry docks. At Bremerhaven the structures which are described by

Re: [Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-29 Thread Malcolm Herring
On 29/05/2015 09:45, pmailkeey . wrote: Is, then, a dry dock an empty body of water? Only when it is pumped dry. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-29 Thread pmailkeey .
On 29 May 2015 at 09:18, Malcolm Herring wrote: > On 29/05/2015 08:41, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > >> Why is this a property of the dock, >> rather than a property of the water body. >> > > A dock is a body of water. It may or may not be separated from a > connecting river or sea by a lock or single g

Re: [Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-29 Thread pmailkeey .
On 29 May 2015 at 08:41, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > Why is this a property of the dock, > rather than a property of the water body. > > What's wrong with "floating" vs. "fixed"? > > Some docks are gated and some are not. Same gate could be used as per lock gate. Same function. -- Mike. @millomweb

Re: [Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-29 Thread Malcolm Herring
On 29/05/2015 08:41, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: Why is this a property of the dock, rather than a property of the water body. A dock is a body of water. It may or may not be separated from a connecting river or sea by a lock or single gate. What's wrong with "floating" vs. "fixed"? What do you

Re: [Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-29 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Why is this a property of the dock, rather than a property of the water body. What's wrong with "floating" vs. "fixed"? ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-28 Thread pmailkeey .
Dock=gated -- Mike. @millomweb - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *the area's premier website - * *currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets* T&Cs

Re: [Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-28 Thread Malcolm Herring
On 28/05/2015 22:16, 715371 wrote: So what do you think about deprecating the usage of dock=tidal as it is proposed at the wiki and propose the opposite? In that case I would propose something like dock=basin or dock=managed_water_level. It does seem that the definition given in the Wiki is inv

[Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-28 Thread 715371
Hi, I just wondered how to tag a dock which is tidal, since the wiki does not propose anything for that case. In fact the wiki proposes dock=tidal for a dock, which has a tidal independent water level i.e. the water level is managed. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Ddock But ma