Based on feedback, I've modified http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/sluice_gate
> -----Original Message----- > From: tagging-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:tagging- > boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Paul Norman > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 7:36 PM > To: 'Tag discussion, strategy and related tools' > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate > > > From: Steve Bennett > > > > On 5/01/2011 3:18 PM, John Smith wrote: > > > Perhaps a more generic approach would work, eg waterway=flow_control > > > flow_control=weir|sluice_gate|flood_gate|spillway_gate|.... > > Yeah something like that would be reasonable. What I'd like to see a > > lot more of is planning ahead: coming up with a scheme into which all > > future subtags can be slotted. It's very hard to change a tag once > > it's become popular. So perhaps: > > > > waterway=dam (a wall with water on one side) waterway=weir (a wall > > with water flowing over the top) waterway=flow_control (an opening > > through which water sometimes flows). > > flow_control=sluice_gate|flood_gate|spillway_gate|lock_gate... > > > > Then we get people who know this stuff to try and find exceptions that > > don't fit into the above scheme, and redesign it. > > > > I've been looking into this. How does this sound? > waterway=dam and waterway=weir remain unchanged. > > waterway=flow_control - a device for controlling the flow of water > > flow_control=sluice_gate|discharge|... > > sluice_gate: a sluice gate. > > discharge: A discharge point like > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Howell-Bunger_valve.jpg > > The question is, what else would go there? Flood gates don't belong > there - that's the *usage* of the gate, not the *type* of gate. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
