Following with interest, thanks. How do you then tag areas that only flood / run / hold water after (very) heavy rain?
Are they intermittent? Thanks Graeme On 19 May 2018 at 15:20, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 19/05/18 13:06, osm.tagg...@thorsten.engler.id.au wrote: > > -----Original Message----- >>> From: Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, 19 May 2018 12:33 >>> To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools >>> >>> Think I have raised this before but not come to any firm conclusion >>> myself. >>> >>> I think that tagging >>> >>> seasonal=summer >>> >>> intermittent= yes >>> >>> >>> leads to confusion. Is the summer flow intermittent? Or is ther >>> regular >>> summer flow with intermittent flow at other times of year? >>> >>> It may be better to tag >>> >>> seasonal:intermittent=summer >>> >>> >>> or >>> >>> seasonal=summer >>> >>> seasonal:intermittent=winter;autumn;spring >>> >> I'm not sure if the two tags need to or should be mixed like that. >> >> It might be better to just allow time frames (seasons as well as month >> ranges) in addition to yes/no values for both seasonal and intermittent. >> >> So: >> >> seasonal=summer >> intermittent=summer >> >> means it's only flowing in the summer (from seasonal), and then only >> intermittent. >> >> or >> >> seasonal=summer >> intermittent=autumn-spring or autumn;winter;spring or march-november >> (maybe mar-nov ?) >> > > I like that. Month ranges I have not thought of .. seasons can vary from > year to year so I like that vagueness. > > >> means it's always flowing in the summer, and intermittent the rest of the >> year. >> >> The concept of seasons becomes less meaningful the closer you get to the >> equator, so allowing month based time frames would make sense. Maybe also >> the concept of tropical "wet" or "dry" season. Perhaps "monsoon" season as >> well in areas where that is a prominent weather pattern. >> > > "Monsoon" does not say if it is the wet part or dry part of the monsoon. > "Wet" and "dry are seasonal values in use and can be used for monsoonal > areas. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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