I'd use
place=locality
name=*
Fits, renders and searchable. Put it on a node.
On 27/09/18 19:58, Dave Swarthout wrote:
I'm working on adding islands and other features in the Tanana River
in Alaska. There are many named sloughs (side channels), islands and
in some areas curves or bends that have a name. In my example there is
a large bend in the river that has its own name, Harper Bend. I'm
looking for a way to tag that section so that the name is findable. It
would be nice but not imperative if that name would display on the OSM
slippy map and incidentally, on my GPSr.
If I break the river at both ends of the curve, I could add the name
to the section between the breaks but that doesn't seem right because
the river's name isn't changing. Another much more complicated
solution would be to break the riverbank into sections and add a name
to the one that encompasses the bend.
I don't know why I didn't ask here first but I raised this question on
the OSM Help forum and one answer was to use a node. But if one goes
that way, I reckon a new tag would be needed. So let's begin our
discussion with that. Given that it's important to me to describe our
mapped objects as completely as possible, I want a method to tag such
a bend.
Suggestions? Opinions?
Best,
Dave
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Dave Swarthout
Homer, Alaska
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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