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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2019-02-16 00:41, Eugene Podshivalov
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<div dir="ltr">The use of "distance" for river length distracts
me as well.
<div>But I'm trying to find its origin on this wiki page<br>
<a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:waterway"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:waterway</a></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation"><span title="" class="">не
знаю, почему это так</span></span><br>
<span class="tlid-translation translation"><span title="" class="">это
как, it's just like</span></span><span class="tlid-translation
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it should be changed as well (re-written)<br>
and other distances for lengths if there is<br>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Eugene</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">сб, 16 февр. 2019 г. в 02:33,
Graeme Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:graemefitz1@gmail.com"
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 at
01:38, Eugene Podshivalov <<a
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<div>André, that's correct but do you happen to know
why "distance" was selected for route and waterway
length then?</div>
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<div>No idea why, but rivers should certainly be shown
with a length.</div>
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<div>EG The Nile rises in Lake Victoria & travels to
the Mediterranean with a length of ~6695km (depending on
reference used), but the distance between Kampala, on
the north shore of Lave Victoria & Cairo is only
3300km.</div>
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<div>OSM shows it fairly accurately as 6853km but as a
distance, when it should clearly be a length - may be a
re-write required?</div>
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<div>Thanks
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<div>Graeme</div>
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