[HOT] highway tag africa

[joost schouppe]

Hi,

Could someone have a look at the "Other crossing" section of the English
language article? [1]

It used to be very confusing, but I find the current version a bit strange.
The most common river crossing without a bridge should be a simple
"ford=yes". Then you can add all sorts of extra information. The default
the article suggests is flood_prone . This tag is used ten times less in
the database, and seems like a redundant differentiation: it's just that
the ford here is dry most of the time.

At the time I translated the article to Spanish, I interpreted flood_prone
as "usually there is a bridge, but it's probe to flooding". There's quite a
difference between the articles now.

On the subject, it might be useful to extend the ford/ferry with suggested
tagging for seasonal effects. For example, there's a ford in dry season,
and a ferry in the wet season.

Or maybe we should make a general river crossing article on the wiki and
refer the readers there?

[1]: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa#Other_crossings

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