Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond

2018-07-20 Thread Kevin Kenny
>> Does light reach the bottom of the deepest point of the water body? >> Does the water body only get small waves (i.e., smaller than 1ft/30cm in >> height)? >> Is the water body relatively uniform in temperature? >> >> If these questions can be answered with a “yes,” the water body is likely a

Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond

2018-07-20 Thread Warin
On 21/07/18 09:23, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: On 21 July 2018 at 04:59, Michael Patrick>wrote: * Does light reach the bottom of the deepest point of the water body? * Does the water body only get small waves (i.e., smaller than 1ft/30cm in

Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond

2018-07-20 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On 21 July 2018 at 04:59, Michael Patrick wrote: > > >- Does light reach the bottom of the deepest point of the water body? >- Does the water body only get small waves (i.e., smaller than >1ft/30cm in height)? >- Is the water body relatively uniform in temperature? > > If these q

Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond

2018-07-20 Thread Dave Swarthout
Michael wrote: >Both lakes and ponds are standing or slow-moving bodies of water. There are no official or scientific differences >between lakes and ponds. Lakes are larger than ponds, but size is relative. What would be considered a pond in one >region might be considered a lake in another. I tot

Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond

2018-07-20 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 7:59 PM, Michael Patrick wrote: > The proper name of the water feature usually has nothing to do with these, > though. Our area has numerous 'Lake Something's which are impoundments that > barely would would classify as ponds, basically created by real estate > developers

Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond

2018-07-20 Thread Michael Patrick
Form a hyrdomorphology / geomorphology technical perspective, the following key fairly succinctly characterizes the differences.( from http://www.lakescientist.com/lake-facts/how-lakes-differ/ ): *Lakes vs. Ponds* Both lakes and ponds are standing or slow-moving bodies of water. There are no offic

Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond

2018-07-20 Thread Philip Barnes
"Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" >> mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org>> >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:49:46 +0200 >> Subject: Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond >> ... or a reservoir, as Warin points out. >> >> On

Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond

2018-07-20 Thread Warin
strategy and related tools" mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org>> Cc: Bcc: Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:49:46 +0200 Subject: Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond ... or a reservoir, as Warin points out. On 20 July 2018 at 11:46, Volker Schmidt <mailto:vosc...@gmail.com>> wrote: The de

Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond

2018-07-20 Thread Sebastian
p the lake tags then, no pond. PS: I hope my response to the digest gets filed properly. -- Forwarded message -- From: Volker Schmidt To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" Cc: Bcc: Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:49:46 +0200 Subject: Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond ..

Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond

2018-07-20 Thread Volker Schmidt
... or a reservoir, as Warin points out. On 20 July 2018 at 11:46, Volker Schmidt wrote: > > > The description in the (OSM) wiki states: "A pond: a body of standing >> water, man-made in most cases, that is usually smaller than a lake." >> > This definition is different from the Wikipedia defini

Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond

2018-07-20 Thread Volker Schmidt
The description in the (OSM) wiki states: "A pond: a body of standing > water, man-made in most cases, that is usually smaller than a lake." > This definition is different from the Wikipedia definition: " A *pond* is a body of standing water

Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond

2018-07-20 Thread Warin
On 20/07/18 19:23, Sebastian wrote: Hello List, in the UAE/Emirates Hills area, particular around 'The Springs' there are a number or lakes. All lakes are artificial. Image example here: https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/bjCPLyUtXUhDAvOPqQWeUw Reading through Key:water in the OpenStreetMap