+1 If it's a well defined area, I would tag an area tagged place=* , name=* If it's an island, I would tag place=island. If no regular place-value fits, then place=locality. If it's a normal thing, like when all bends in the river have a name, then I would probably enter a new place-value, e.g. river_bend.
Op do 27 sep. 2018 om 12:12 schreef Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: > 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 > -- > Dave Swarthout > Homer, Alaska > Chiang Mai, Thailand > Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing > listTagging@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Vr gr Peter Elderson
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