I haven't tagged any estuaries simple because I'm not sure exactly where they start and end. If I follow USGS, then the entire Puget Sound is an estuary. Certainly part of the Skagit delta area is a traditional estuary but exploring it is difficult. The soggy ground doesn't make hiking much fun. :-)
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 11:01 PM Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Clifford, > > Can you help me find something in the Skagit Delta that is tagged with the > estuary tag? When I read your post, I immediately tried to check it out > because I'm trying to understand how that tag is being used currently. But > I wasn't able to find anything. > > Thanks for your help. > > On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 9:29 AM Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> > wrote: > >> Looking at the US NHD estuary is broadly defined. For example, The Skagit >> River flows through my county into the Puget Sound in Washington State. I >> would expect the delta area, where it empties into the sound to be defined >> as an estuary. And it is. But apparently so is the whole of Puget Sound. >> The trouble I see if 1) if we define an estuary different than scientific >> model or 2) use the science definition of an estuary. If we differ from the >> science definition, we'll constantly battle users of what is included in >> our model and what isn't. If we go with the scientific definition then >> we'll get questions on why we picked that model when it sometimes doesn't >> make sense. >> >> I'd really like to hear from someone that can explain exactly what an >> estuary encompases and what makes sense to map. >> >> Best, >> Clifford >> >> On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 5:26 PM Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Then there is the additional problem that the terminal end of the way >>> used to indicate the waterway=river connects with the "coastline" which is >>> where the estuary portion of the river ends. I'm not clear about which >>> object you propose adding the estuary=yes tag to? Let me put it another >>> way. If the particular river is mapped using a way that terminates on the >>> coastline, where does the estuary tag get placed? I realize that some >>> rivers are mapped using just a riverbank area, i.e, there is no way to >>> terminate, but that still leaves my question unanswered. >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 7:13 AM Graeme Fitzpatrick < >>> graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> & we get back to the same problem previously discussed with river > sea >>>> ... >>>> >>>> At what point does a river become an estuary & where does that then >>>> become the sea? >>>> >>>> Having said that, I quite like river=estuary :-), but I think we'll >>>> have problems defining it? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Graeme >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, 26 Oct 2019 at 09:53, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Sat, 26 Oct 2019 at 00:43, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> estuary = tidal mount of a large river? As defined by the Oxford >>>>>> Dictionary. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Estuaries are complicated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estuary >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Paul >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Tagging mailing list >>>>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Tagging mailing list >>>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dave Swarthout >>> Homer, Alaska >>> Chiang Mai, Thailand >>> Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>> >> >> >> -- >> @osm_washington >> www.snowandsnow.us >> OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch >> > > > -- > Dave Swarthout > Homer, Alaska > Chiang Mai, Thailand > Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com > -- @osm_washington www.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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