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<p>For some river crossings in Australia OSM would then have the
value 'swim' on crocodile infested rivers.. that is NOT a good
idea! And yes people have died at some of these crossings by
crocodile. <br>
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<p>I see no reason not to simply state a water depth.. even
inaccurate it will give a better idea than 'swim', 'wellies' etc.
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<p>for tidal ..example depth@high_tide=x, depth@low_tide=y<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/1/22 09:44, Timothy Noname wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Last summer I visited Lopwell dam which is a River
ford at low tide and about 6ft deep at high tide.
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<div dir="auto">There is also another ford further down stream
which is virtually impassable for anything but a proper 4x4
or tractor, </div>
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href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/TACQSMDdw9dUR18GA"
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<div dir="auto">(interesting to watch on YouTube though.)</div>
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<div dir="auto">If I were to tag Lopwell dam ford I would like
to give it a max value of swim and a minimum value of
wellies. The foot bridge by its side is broken but once
it's repaired would have a min value of dry and a max value
of swim or wade. This would provide useful information to
anyone planning a journey.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 26 Jan 2022, 20:53 ael
via Tagging, <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org"
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26, 2022 at 06:30:37PM +0000, Philip Barnes wrote:<br>
> On Wed, 2022-01-26 at 18:13 +0000, Timothy Noname wrote:<br>
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> Tidal is certainly an unusual thing for a ford, I have
seen one or two<br>
> but most roads affected tides are causways and the
general rul is you<br>
> do not travel on them if they are covered with water.
Tide implies salt<br>
> and I would certainly not drive one no matter how shallow
the water is.<br>
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Well, I know of one dubious case in Cornwall:<br>
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/270055625"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
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is an historic ford crossing the West Looe River which is just
about<br>
tidal at that point. It was incorrectly mapped as a bridge <br>
some years ago: I have no idea how that could be so wrong, but
then<br>
I have surveyed near there several times, and presumably the
"bridge"<br>
was from armchair mapping.<br>
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I can just about imagine a local farmer crossing in a large
tractor<br>
when the water is very low, but I have seen no sign that there
is any<br>
modern use. Streetview seems to have got a bit of the track
leading<br>
there: <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/9JeA6d6WN7Mbn72V6"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://goo.gl/maps/9JeA6d6WN7Mbn72V6</a><br>
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Anyway, there can be genuine fords which are tidal, even if
this<br>
particular example is disused.<br>
<br>
ael<br>
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