<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Here are a few other tips that might work:<div>- Look for things like locks, spillways, bridges, etc. that would cause whitewater and use that to determine flow direction<br><div>- Rivers and streams tend to flow toward larger waterbodies, such as lakes, gulfs and oceans. Look for things likes deltas to help determine flow direction </div><div>- Also, they tend to converge with other rivers & streams downstream. Look for the Y's where two rivers converge, with the being toward the base of the Y </div><div>- Rivers and streams tend to be wider downstream.</div><div>- Because of above, larger navigational vessels tend to be found downstream</div><div>- Because of the above, larger settlements tend to be found downstream.</div><div><br></div><div>Of course, these are general rules of thumb and there are exceptions. For example, a river might widen into a lake and then have a narrow stream flowing from the lake. Likewise, dredging may artificially widen a river segment between two industrial centers. Still, I think these rules along with Blake's tips should get you most of the way there.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope it helps!!!</div><div><br></div><div>Ezra<br><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Mike Thompson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:miketho16@gmail.com" target="_blank">miketho16@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Blake Girardot <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bgirardot@gmail.com" target="_blank">bgirardot@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> seeing the area might help a bit to see if anyone has any tips. </blockquote></span><div>The general area is that which is around this node: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4100183177" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4100183177</a> (note I have already mapped the waterway which that node is part of using JOSM and OCM)</div><span class=""><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
whitewater points in the direction of flow, meaning it trails after the obstruction in the waterway.<br></blockquote></span><div>Good tip! I hadn't thought of that.. In this case these appear to be intermittent waterways (albeit rather wide), and there is very little water shown in the Bing imagery, let alone whitewater. </div><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
you can also put the opencyclemap url into the custom background in iD, the url is:<br>
<a href="http://tile.opencyclemap.org/cycle/%7Bzoom%7D/%7Bx%7D/%7By%7D.png" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://tile.opencyclemap.org/cycle/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png</a></blockquote></span><div>I was trying to keep this simple, but this might be the way to go. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>
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