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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ok thanks</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>i will use embankment</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>there are only 2 of them in Faroe Islands so no
biggie to change<BR><BR>but then is the question what/how to tag </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>right now i just have a way going from one island
to the other</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>should i draw an area that is a little wider than
the road and tag the area as an embankment</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>or should i just put an embankment on the
way</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dieterdreist@gmail.com
href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">Martin Koppenhoefer</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 30, 2009 2:39 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=mguttesen@hotmail.com
href="mailto:mguttesen@hotmail.com">Martin Fossdal Guttesen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=talk@openstreetmap.org
href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</A> ; <A
title="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org
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href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org">Tag discussion, strategy and related
tools</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OSM-talk] connection between 2
islands</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>2009/11/30 Martin Fossdal Guttesen <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> if you look at the description of
embankment on the map features page </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>"An embankment is an artificial bank raised above the
immediately-surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake
or sea"</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>then i don't think it is an
embankment</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>well, depends which part of
the wiki you look at ;-)<BR><BR>there is 2 definitions on the main page for
embankment:<BR><BR><A
title="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:embankment
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href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:embankment">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:embankment</A><BR><BR>If
you look at Description (main column), there's the text you cited plus: See <A
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title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment">wikipedia:Embankment</A> (see
below)<BR><BR>If you look at Description (same page, but in the green column on
the right), there is this:<BR>
<P>"A raised bank to carry a road, railway, or canal across a low-lying or wet
area."</P>please note the "low-lying", as there is no water at all required in
this case.<BR><BR>Wikipedia knows several usages of embankment:<BR><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment</A><BR>
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<LI>A <A title=Levee href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levee">levee</A> or
dike, an artificial bank raised above the immediately-surrounding land to
redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake or sea
<LI><A title="Embankment (transportation)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment_%28transportation%29">Embankment
(transportation)</A>, in transportation, a raised bank to carry a road,
railway, or canal across a low-lying or wet area
<LI><A title="Embankment dam"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment_dam">Embankment dam</A>, a dam
made of mounded earth and rock
<LI>Land reclamation along <A title="Bank (geography)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_%28geography%29">river banks</A>,
usually marked by roads and walkways running along it, parallel to the river,
as in:... </LI></UL>cheers,<BR>Martin<BR></BODY></HTML>