<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Nick,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">2015-05-06 17:57 GMT+02:00 Nick Allen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.allen.54@gmail.com" target="_blank">nick.allen.54@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">But I started altering this a little while ago due to a conversation
on this mailing list, and was using<br><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
intermittent=yes as per
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:intermittent" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:intermittent</a><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That's what I have been using for waterways as well.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
However, Highway Tag Africa
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa#Seasonal_roads" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa#Seasonal_roads</a>
goes with seasonal=yes<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hm, this is about roads, not waterways. For me that would be sufficient reason to have a different approach. I think "intermittent" for a road would not really make sense. But I guess that's up to native speakers to judge.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
I don't mind which we go with, but it would be good if we advocated
the same one, although I'm sure software writers, GIS experts and
map makers can easily cater for either tag.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>For waterways I personally prefer "intermittent" since it has a broader meaning to me - could be something from 1 h per day to 200 days per year. <br><br></div><div>Michael<br></div></div></div></div>