Place=locality makes sense, I guess the name is also used for the area close to the bend by extension. Locality on a node is always troublesome, and I wonder if anybody uses description=* to describe further the place, here this would be something like description=river bend.
Le 27 septembre 2018 12:23:53 GMT+02:00, Peter Elderson <pelder...@gmail.com> a écrit : >+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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