2011/11/8 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > I am not sure for the wording though. Isn't this an edge? Maybe I am > confused, because wikipedia "told" me that a ridge would be a natural > feature (your proposal doesn't give any definition what a ridge is) > occuring at a _chain of mountains_ (but in the osm wiki you also speak > about hills) while for shorter places I found > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%C3%AAte (french words do IMHO not > really make sense) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spur_(topography), > "crest" and "edge" (could also be that interlanguage links are not > precise, I am mostly referring to the difference between > de:"Gebirgskamm" and de:"Grat"). >
Looking at Wikipedia I can follow your point. But I think this is more due the language links. I think "ridge" is the common term which encompasses both German terms "Grat" and "Gebirgskamm". Here some articles from Wikipedia that should show their common use: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crib_Goch - especially legend of map * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#Southeast_ridge Also interesting is the definition of Arête as a kind of ridge in Merriam-Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arete Is this all the same? Shall we distinct between them? > Basically I think we shouldn't. > I think due to the various words in use for features of this kind a > definition should be given and alternatives proposed for features that > are close but excluded by this definition. > This would definetly help - especially for us Germans trying to understand the difference :-) Here a picture of what I personally would consider a ridge: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Herzogstand_HQ.jpg Michael
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