On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 at 06:11, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 at 19:50, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> Am Mo., 18. Feb. 2019 um 19:41 Uhr schrieb Eugene Podshivalov < >> yauge...@gmail.com>: >> >>> There are a lot of straightened rivers and streams all over the world. >>> Would it make sense to tag the straightened sections as >>> canal/ditch/drain rather than river/stream? >>> >> >> >> I would not generally do it, but I agree at some point you might ask the >> question if that is still a river or really a canal close to where once was >> a river... >> > I'd agree not to change rivers to canals etc unless there's been such a massive, dramatic change to the waterway, that anybody seeing it for the first time is going to say "Wow, what happened here"? Think Panama Canal v the natural river that it followed.
I've dealt with a few like that. It's not clear which is the best option > even at the end of a waterway, > but what do you do if it's in the middle? It's like having a wooden leg > with a real foot at the end > of it... > Or swap it round to a real knee in the middle of a wooden leg! Thanks Graeme
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