Re: [Tagging] Irrigation: ditches, canals and drains

> On May 30, 2019, at 9:03 AM, Joseph Eisenberg > wrote: > > How are the small drainage/irrigation channels tagged currently in Japan? > > Are most tagged as waterway=drain, waterway=canal or waterway=ditch? they are used for different purposes. based on purpose and construction. I use al

Re: [Tagging] Irrigation: ditches, canals and drains

> On May 30, 2019, at 9:03 AM, Joseph Eisenberg > wrote: > > We have lots of these in Indonesia, in the rice-growing areas with > irrigated fields, but most are more like deep ditches, dug directly > into the ground and unlined I imagine ~100 years ago, it was just like that in Japan. you ca

[Tagging] Inland customs offices

Hey everyone, I've just noticed that the wiki at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:government%3Dcustoms defines a customs building as "A structure near or at an international boundary where travelers and vehicles crossing the border are inspected." Customs controls however take place inland

Re: [Tagging] Inland customs offices

That makes sense to me. On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 6:35 PM Jan S wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I've just noticed that the wiki at > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:government%3Dcustoms defines a > customs building as "A structure near or at an international boundary where > travelers and vehic

Re: [Tagging] Irrigation: ditches, canals and drains

Le jeu. 30 mai 2019 à 01:55, Joseph Eisenberg a écrit : > I don't think "aqueduct" would work, since it isn't above ground level: > > https://assets.weforum.org/editor/skgMAyNg8Xu_anqQbTcTo87HkYgWEiN0eF-5dlsLhCo.jpg Why does aqueduct have to be above ground level? Major aqueducts feeding Paris

Re: [Tagging] Irrigation: ditches, canals and drains

30 May 2019, 15:00 by fl.infosrese...@gmail.com: > Why does aqueduct have to be above ground level? > Maybe because one of main meanings of this word is "bridge to convey water over an obstacle, such as a ravine or valley"? I was initially really confused by usage of aqueduct not referring to som

Re: [Tagging] Irrigation: ditches, canals and drains

Am Do., 30. Mai 2019 um 16:03 Uhr schrieb Mateusz Konieczny < matkoni...@tutanota.com>: > 30 May 2019, 15:00 by fl.infosrese...@gmail.com: > > Why does aqueduct have to be above ground level? > > Maybe because one of main meanings of this word is > "bridge to convey water over an obstacle, such as

Re: [Tagging] Inland customs offices

It seems like there was some cross copying on the wiki. There is another, older key, amenity=customs, which is actually used at border crossings (from what I’ve seen) to denote customs control. I am not sure why the amenity tag was deprecated (it also seems to be used more often than the office

Re: [Tagging] Inland customs offices

On Thu, 30 May 2019 at 21:19, Anton Klim wrote: > It seems like there was some cross copying on the wiki. > There is another, older key, amenity=customs, which is actually used at > border crossings (from what I’ve seen) to denote customs control. > I am not sure why the amenity tag was deprecate

Re: [Tagging] Irrigation: ditches, canals and drains

> On May 30, 2019, at 11:53 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer > wrote: > > Am Do., 30. Mai 2019 um 16:03 Uhr schrieb Mateusz Konieczny > mailto:matkoni...@tutanota.com>>: > 30 May 2019, 15:00 by fl.infosrese...@gmail.com > : > Why does aqueduct have to be above ground

Re: [Tagging] Irrigation: ditches, canals and drains

The usage of the word "aqueduct" in American English is broader than the meaning of the word in British English. Cambridge dictionaries defines the noun as "a structure for carrying water across land, especially one like a high bridge with many arches that carries pipes or a canal across a valley"

Re: [Tagging] Irrigation: ditches, canals and drains

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 8:08 PM Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > The usage of the word "aqueduct" in American English is broader than > the meaning of the word in British English. Perhaps, but note that the Roman aqueducts were long projects of tunnels, covered ditches, and inverted syphons as well as b

[Tagging] New description of waterway=pressurised

I've updated the language on the waterway=pressurised page to use standard English syntax, and to clarify that these are artificial tunnels or pipelines, in the short description. This was already somewhat clear from the full description, and from the proposal where waterway=pressurised was descri