Hello, this is the page with the proposal: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/ridge
Just look at this picture: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/North_Ridge_of_Mount_Rohr.jpg/400px-North_Ridge_of_Mount_Rohr.jpg There are peaks that can be tagged properly (although it's technically possible to deduct them with some accuracy from elevation maps), but between them there are ridges, the top edges of the mountains. Those are not peaks, they descend from or ascend to another peak. And a ridge is an important object. For instance, if peaks are like this: ^ ^ ^ ^ it's important to know where the ridges and valleys are between them (rivers may be absent), and in which direction you can go. Here's an example of bad tagging that happens now: http://shtosm.ru/pictures/hrebetlocality.gif (many place=locality with 1 letter in the name) (from here: http://osm.org/go/x@Rrrnwy- ) -- Dmitri Lebedev http://stroyki.ryba4.com skype:siberianoNsk _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
