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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/7/23 03:38, Mateusz Konieczny via
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<div>Jul 4, 2023, 17:05 by <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>:<br>
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<div>On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 03:14:47PM +0100, Ian Dent wrote:<br>
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<blockquote>Previously it was tagged as ford=impassable but this
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<div>On reflection, that doesn't seem such a bad tag.<br>
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<div dir="auto">ford=impassable makes no sense<br>
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<div dir="auto">ford is by definition a passable place across
waterway, if <br>
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<div dir="auto">something is impassable then it is not a ford<br>
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<p>Many 'fords' in Australia are normally dry. <br>
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<p>When the river runs high those fords can become impassable for
quite some time .. weeks.. <br>
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<p>Those who travel there know this, those that don't .. well the
Police normally place 'Road Closed' signs out.</p>
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<p>Walking routes that cross streams suffer the same at times,
usually a delay of a day or two will see the water level recede to
an acceptable level and rate of flow.<br>
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