> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Paul Norman <penor...@mac.com> wrote: > > 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. > > From a technical perspective you may be right, but practically speaking, > we should design tagging schemes with usability in mind. > People are likely to know that "there is a flood gate", not that "there > is a hinged crest gate". > > So something like: > > waterway=flood_gate > flood_gate=sluice_gate > > ...is more usable for non-techie nerds than something like: > waterway=flow_control > flow_control=sluice_gate > usage=flood_gate >
Most of the sluice gates around here are not flood gates. For some of the ones I've mapped I'm not sure if they're flood gates or not, but I know they're sluice gates because that is obvious from a quick look while to say if they're flood gates or not I would need to know how they're being used, when they're opened, etc _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
