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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Here is a creek that has 2 sources ...
and 4 ways all connected but flows are different. <br>
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Way: Reef Creek (476455207) flows south - source in the north -
Drains into Paddys River<br>
Way: Reef Creek (476456875) flows north - source in the south ...
same source node as the way above! <br>
So the above ways meet on top of a rise and drain away from each
other. I suspect that it is intermittent if not seasonal. <br>
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Way: Reef Creek (448289833) flows east .. source in the west <br>
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Way: Reef Creek (476455208) flows east .. source of this is
confluence of two ways above - Way 448289833 and Way 476456875 -
Drains into Paddys River<br>
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Give the flat terrain of central Australia I could believe that
there is a creek with a flow and source would simply be where it
is raining... where ever it rains the creek will flow away from
the rain. I have not come across one ... but I'm not looking. <br>
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On 26-Feb-17 10:03 AM, Dave Swarthout wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Nick,
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<div>My intent was to have a starting place, a source, that was
tagged in such a way that a Nominatum search would be able to
find it. In the example I used, two named streams came
together and at that point a new name is used for the
resultant waterway. I'm using the accepted standard for
geographic names in Alaska, the Dictionary of Alaska Place
Names to determine the location of the source. Here is the
beginning of the description for the Colville River:</div>
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<div>Colville River: stream, formed by Thunder and</div>
<div>Storm Creeks in De Long Mts. at 68'49'20'' </div>
<div>N, 160°20'00" W; flows ENE 350 mi. to</div>
<div>Harrison Bay, Arctic Plain; 70°27' N, 150°07' </div>
<div>W;</div>
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<div>If a stream begins in a swamp, I would tag the first node
where there is a visible or obvious waterway or riverbank. I
doubt I'll use this tag that often and in some cases such as
your example, will probably not tag all the sources of a river
having multiple sources. In my experience, most rivers in
Alaska and the United States, only have one accepted source so
your example won't affect my tagging very much.</div>
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<div>All the best,</div>
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<div>Dave</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 4:30 AM, St
Niklaas <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<p>Hi Dave,</p>
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<p>Biking around in Europe, I visited several rivers
up to the source.</p>
<p>Some do and some dont have a source or spring. The
Scheld or L´escaut does have a nominated place with a
wall around it and yes the water is coming out of the
wall.</p>
<p>But what about a river originating from a bog or a
basin, every little flow ads water to a pond and thats
the point where the rivers starts flowing if theres a
lot of water or too much.</p>
<p>Like the river Rhine its called to start at lake
Toma, but that is just the middel of a pond or a basin
at the end of several slopes and its named Vordere
Rhine, the other main stream is called Hintere Rhine
and it starts in the middle of a valley, fed by
several straems flowing together fed by rain and snow.
But there are at least 11 rivers named '......' Rhine
contributing to the river Rhine all in the same
mountain area.</p>
<p>On the other hand there are several streams without a
name flowing together and suddenly the stream gets or
has a local name. There also are a lot of rivers
without a name sign but with a local name, but are
they without a local survey worth to add to OSM ?</p>
<p>For instance does every stream in the USA gets a
'...' Creek (name) I recon many but nor all of them.</p>
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