Agreed, man_made=snowshed would work for this railway covering. I would perfer that over covered=snowshed as 'covered' should really stay as a 'yes/no' variable. imo. Sam
On 3/16/10, Randy <rwtnospam-new...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Andreas Labres wrote: > >>On 15.03.10 16:42, Sam Vekemans wrote: >>>The proposal of >>>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/snowshed >> >>Do you mean an avalanche gallery (German "Lawinengalerie", something >>like http://images.google.com/images?q=Lawinengalerie), a technical >>structure that protects from avalanches, rockfall and/or mudflow? This >>probably should be tagged something like covered=yes. >> >>/al > > One suggestion made in the vote/discussion, to which I concur, is to tag > the highway as covered=yes, and include a polygon structure, tagged as > man_made=snowshed, similar to the manner one might tag a way or area > covered by a building. This is appropriate, since the snowshed is a > visible, above ground, structure (at least during warmer times of the year). > > -- > Randy > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blog: http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans OpenStreetMap IRC: http://irc.openstreetmap.org @Acrosscanadatrails _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging