TL;DR: man_made=quay unless objections are raised.
So I have a few nice harbour wharves to map...
I found landuse=wharf but it is only used 37 times:
http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/landuse=wharf
man_made=pier is almost certainly not the solution, as
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/T
Wharf (US English) and Quay (British English) seem to be equivalent and
describe a fixed structure that has land on one side and water on the
other, but the French môle or brise-lames is different: it is a structure
that protrudes into the water, but is normally narrow and often there is
not even a
On 2016-02-16 15:46, Volker Schmidt wrote:
> Wharf (US English) and Quay (British English) seem to be equivalent and
> describe a fixed structure that has land on one side and water on the other,
> but the French môle or brise-lames is different: it is a structure that
> protrudes into the wate
On 16/02/2016 14:26, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
"môle" - which is a much better translation for "wharf"
No it is not - a mole (also an english word) is a solid pier - it is
masonry/stone/concrete structure that is built on the seabed & has the
function of a pier. The important difference is tha
On 2016-02-16 17:26, Malcolm Herring wrote:
> On 16/02/2016 14:26, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
>
>> "môle" - which is a much better translation for "wharf"
>
> No it is not - a mole (also an english word) is a solid pier - it is
> masonry/stone/concrete structure that is built on the seabed & has
On 16/02/2016 16:48, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
So is a mole a special sort of pier ? Then definition of "pier" in
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dpier is wrong, as it
is not always "a raised walkway over water supported by pillars".
That definition of a pier is correct. Water f
Apologies but I've never come across the term mole, the equivalent
English article on the Wikipedia for the German article Mole and the
French article Brise-lames is the article Breakwater which has a tag
page on the openstreetmap wiki[1] is a approved proposal and seems to
have almost 14000 ways,
On 16/02/2016 17:41, James Morrison wrote:
Is there a specific difference between mole and breakwater?
Yes, in both form and function. Breakwaters only serve to attenuate
waves and are not designed for mooring. They are usually parallel to,
and detached from, the shore and are often awash at
On Tue, 2016-02-16 at 15:46 +0100, Volker Schmidt wrote:
> Wharf (US English) and Quay (British English) seem to be equivalent
> and describe a fixed structure that has land on one side and water on
> the other, but the French môle or brise-lames is different: it is a
> structure that protrudes int
Hi
Recent addition in my neck of the woods:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5979157
A relations collecting together the bridge outline & all the lanes. It's
the first I've come across. Are they widespread.
IMO I can't quite see the point of it & to me, comes under the heading
'relatio
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 08:02:20PM +, Dave F wrote:
> Hi
>
> Recent addition in my neck of the woods:
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5979157
>
> A relations collecting together the bridge outline & all the lanes. It's the
> first I've come across. Are they widespread.
in this cas
Dave F
Wrote in message:
> Hi
>
> Recent addition in my neck of the woods:
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5979157
>
> A relations collecting together the bridge outline & all the lanes. It's
> the first I've come across. Are they widespread.
>
> IMO I can't quite see the point of
I noticed the 4000+ type=bridge, but many of those are relations that
try & tie the bridge going over with the way going under.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/173154#map=15/51.5508/-2.6219
Which isn't the same objective as the first example I provided. From
memory it was to allow router
On 15 February 2016 at 12:14, Martin Koppenhoefer
wrote:
> 1. the proposal seems to suggest that there is only one "main seat" of a
> ministry, but in Germany we had the historical situation of many ministries
> divided between Berlin and Bonn as part of the compromise to move the
> government to
The idea was to treat complex bridges like this one in Istanbul, in a way
that makes sense:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/151818
This bridge carries two tram tracks, two lanes of vehicular traffic, and
multiple footways on both sides and on two levels. The lower level also has
shops and r
Is tagging an area for seasonal snowfall a realistic possibility?
In note that there are 2 tags regarding seasonal snow, one for road, the
other for foot paths.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:seasonal:snowfall:regaintime
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:snowplowing
Both are status
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:53:50 +1100
Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is tagging an area for seasonal snowfall a realistic possibility?
Mapping climate data seems to be a very poor idea for obvious reasons.
> In note that there are 2 tags regarding seasonal snow, one for road,
> the other fo
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