[HOT] Waterways in swampy area

[althio]

Hi Arne,

I may be mistaken, but I assume these are natural and not man-made.
Hence you should use preferably waterway=river over waterway=canal in this case.

see also https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Driver

Have a good day.

-- althio



On 26 July 2017 at 23:15, Arne Kimmig <arnekimmig at icloud.com> wrote:
> Is it okay to map waterways in swampy areas as canals? See
> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2768#task/462
>
> Thanks,
> Arne
>
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