Hi all,<br>Im looking at the canvec feature of this (along with the others related)<br><table><tbody><tr><td>147011*
</td><td> <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Elements#Way" title="Elements#Way" target="_blank"><img alt="Way" src="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/6/6a/Mf_way.png" border="0" height="20" width="20"></a>
</td><td> Single line watercourse
</td><td> None, non isolated, intermittent
</td><td> waterway=stream; water=intermittent;  name=*; fixme=Feature 
type
</td></tr></tbody></table>and<br><table><tbody><tr><td>148007*
</td><td> <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Elements#Area_.28closed_way_.29" title="Elements#Area .28closed way .29" target="_blank"><img alt="Area" src="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/8/83/Mf_area.png" border="0" height="20" width="20"></a>
</td><td> Waterbody
</td><td> Watercourse, isolated, intermittent
</td><td> waterway=riverbank; water=intermittent, name=*
</td></tr></tbody></table><br>the proposal page is here<br><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Water_cover" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Water_cover</a><br>

and the canvec feature page is here<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CanVec:_Hydrography_%28HD%29" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CanVec:_Hydrography_%28HD%29</a><br>...<br><br>I worked on a sample here, just outside of Empress, Alberta (in Saskatchewan) I just guessed on the landuse=meadow; natural=grass (someone local can fix it) .. with photos.<br>


But for the riverbank etc.<br><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=-109.9555934&minlat=50.9222072&maxlon=-109.9224953&maxlat=50.9461371&box=yes" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=-109.9555934&minlat=50.9222072&maxlon=-109.9224953&maxlat=50.9461371&box=yes</a><br>


<br>natural=water  (is standard to vaguely describe some type of water)<br>unfortunately we dont use natural=water;water=lake, but we DO use natural=wetland ( with wetland=marsh for non-flowing water)<br>but water=river isn't used.   nor is natural=river used.   yet waterway=stream is used.   <br>


So i think that waterway=tidal should be used, with natural=water.<br><br><br>So for the main river parts (the main waterflow area), i propose<br>natural=water; waterway=riverbank; name=*; source=*; attribution=* (if needed)<br>


<br>then for the river banks (the sides where after a rainfall it's not distinguishable, but in a drout it's a sand area & if left longer plan-life would grow.   So the water level is 'intermittent'.  Hence the original value of  water=intermittent,   so i propose<br>


natural=wetland; name*; source=*; attribution=*(if needed)<br> <br>As tagging it was "natural=wetland" where the polygon is directly inside the "waterway=riverbank" ... makes this wetland flooded.  So i think it makes sence.<br>

<br><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/53097360">http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/53097360</a><br><br>Thanks,<br>Sam<br><br clear="all">Twitter: @Acrosscanada<br>Blog:  <a href="http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com</a><br>


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