<div class="gmail_quote">2011/11/8 Martin Koppenhoefer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com" target="_blank">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I am not sure for the wording though. Isn't this an edge? Maybe I am<br>
confused, because wikipedia "told" me that a ridge would be a natural<br>
feature (your proposal doesn't give any definition what a ridge is)<br>
occuring at a _chain of mountains_ (but in the osm wiki you also speak<br>
about hills) while for shorter places I found<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%C3%AAte" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%C3%AAte</a> (french words do IMHO not<br>
really make sense) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spur_%28topography%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spur_(topography)</a>,<br>
"crest" and "edge" (could also be that interlanguage links are not<br>
precise, I am mostly referring to the difference between<br>
de:"Gebirgskamm" and de:"Grat").<br></blockquote><div><br>Looking at Wikipedia I can follow your point. But I think this is more due the language links. I think "ridge" is the common term which encompasses both German terms "Grat" and "Gebirgskamm". Here some articles from Wikipedia that should show their common use:<br>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crib_Goch">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crib_Goch</a> - especially legend of map<br>* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#Southeast_ridge">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#Southeast_ridge</a><br>
<br>Also interesting is the definition of Arête as a kind of ridge in Merriam-Webster: <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arete">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arete</a><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
Is this all the same? Shall we distinct between them?<br></blockquote><div><br>Basically I think we shouldn't.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I think due to the various words in use for features of this kind a<br>
definition should be given and alternatives proposed for features that<br>
are close but excluded by this definition.<br></blockquote></div><br>This would definetly help - especially for us Germans trying to understand the difference :-) Here a picture of what I personally would consider a ridge: <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Herzogstand_HQ.jpg">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Herzogstand_HQ.jpg</a><br>
<br>Michael<br>