Re: [Tagging] Coastlines and structures

2009-12-09 Thread John Smith
2009/12/9 Liz : > Just as well you were only kidding, because this method isn't going to work > worldwide. Especially where the water table has been drained and sailinity is an issue :) ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.ope

Re: [Tagging] Coastlines and structures

2009-12-09 Thread Liz
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote: > Yep. In river water there is less than 500 ppm of dissolved salts. So, rent > a boat, take water samples at determined positions and measure the > conductivity. > > (Just kidding... :-) ) I just had to look this up converted 500ppm to EC units (microSi

Re: [Tagging] Coastlines and structures

2009-12-08 Thread David Fawcett
This is actually an 'inland sea', Lake Superior in North America. The dissolved salts may be higher in the river than in the lake... Thanks for the ideas! On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote: > David Fawcett wrote: >> I have a few questions on best/standard practices for del

Re: [Tagging] Coastlines and structures

2009-12-08 Thread David Groom
> - Original Message - > From: "Peter Childs" > To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 3:21 PM > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Coastlines and structures > > > > 2009/12/8 David Fawcett : >&g

Re: [Tagging] Coastlines and structures

2009-12-08 Thread Morten Kjeldgaard
David Fawcett wrote: > I have a few questions on best/standard practices for delineating > coastlines and tagging the features. > > 1. Is there general agreement on where the primary water body ends > and a contributing river starts? Yep. In river water there is less than 500 ppm of dissolved sa

Re: [Tagging] Coastlines and structures

2009-12-08 Thread Peter Childs
2009/12/8 David Fawcett : > I have a few questions on best/standard practices for delineating > coastlines and tagging the features. > > 1.  Is there general agreement on where the primary water body ends > and a contributing river starts? Last I heard it was a judgement call. Dependant upon Tidal