<div dir="ltr">Arne,<br>It is also my understanding to use waterway=stream or waterway=river vs waterway=canal. If you don't feel that these are appropriate ditch could work in certain situations. <br><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:waterway">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:waterway</a><br><br>Best Regards,<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Nathan P<br></div><div>email: <a href="mailto:natfoot@gmail.com" target="_blank">natfoot@gmail.com</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 2:39 AM, althio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:althio.forum@gmail.com" target="_blank">althio.forum@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Arne,<br>
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I may be mistaken, but I assume these are natural and not man-made.<br>
Hence you should use preferably waterway=river over waterway=canal in this case.<br>
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see also <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Driver" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.<wbr>org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Driver</a><br>
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Have a good day.<br>
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-- althio<br>
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On 26 July 2017 at 23:15, Arne Kimmig <<a href="mailto:arnekimmig@icloud.com">arnekimmig@icloud.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Is it okay to map waterways in swampy areas as canals? See<br>
> <a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2768#task/462" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://tasks.hotosm.org/<wbr>project/2768#task/462</a><br>
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> Thanks,<br>
> Arne<br>
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