<div dir="ltr">Yes, I'm aware of the second meaning, so please let me rephrase s/makes no sense/would be confusing/. As adits are often connected to vertical shafts, which will likely have their own "depth" tag, we could end up in a situation with two connected objects (a shaft and an adit connecting it to the surface) each having their own "depth" tag, where "depth" would have a different meaning in each case. Besides, adits aren't always perfectly horizontal, so users could misinterpret depth as the difference in elevation of the adit's ends, i.e. the true vertical depth (TVD) from the Wikipedia article that Volker Schmidt linked.<br><div><div class="gmail_extra">Regards,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Michal Fabík<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:51 AM, Steve Doerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doerr.stephen@gmail.com" target="_blank">doerr.stephen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    deep, adj.:<br>
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    1. <br>
    a. Having great or considerable extension downward.<br>
    b. Having great or considerable extension inward from the surface or
    exterior, or backward from the front.<br>
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    (Oxford English Dictionary)<br>
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    Both senses are dated from the Anglo-Saxon period.<br>
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    <div class="gmail-m_-595565059064911186moz-cite-prefix">On 11/05/2017 09:54, Michal Fabík
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      <div dir="ltr">Sounds reasonable to me. If it's horizontal or
        near-horizontal, depth makes no sense.<br>
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            <div class="gmail-m_-595565059064911186gmail_signature">Michal Fabík<br>
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            <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 10:22 AM,
              Martin Koppenhoefer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com" target="_blank">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>></span>
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                    <div>According to <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dadit" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org<wbr>/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dadit</a>
                      the tag "depth" should be used for the length of
                      an adit (horizontal mine entrance). According to
                      wiki discussion, people seem to agree that
                      "length" is a better tag for this, as "depth" is
                      used to indicate how deep (vertically) something
                      is.<br>
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                    <div>Any complaints or agreeing voices for this
                      change?<br>
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                    Cheers,<br>
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                  Martin<br>
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