For "my" shooting range I think a way with a single tag embankment=yes is sufficient.
For a large levee it is not. Let's concentrate on the big items where size matters. On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 at 14:33, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 at 13:11, Tony OSM <tonyo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A earthwork raised element which has an armoured side seems to be a >> revetment - I can see no use of this in OSM., but it is in many books about >> castles and fortifications. >> > > When it comes to castles, a revetment is essentially a retaining wall that > is part of the > fortification and an ordinary fortification wall is often referred to as a > curtain wall. An earthen > bank (with no wall) that is part of a fortification (such as a motte and > bailey) is an embankment. > Purists will object to my simplifications, I expect. > >> In my view earthworks in general could do with analysis to agree terms >> and usage, they do occur in many places and are large mappable features. >> > Cans of worms are never large enough. :) > > -- > Paul > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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