[Imports] cleanup broken import "fix"

Eric Ladner eric.ladner at gmail.com
Thu Jun 12 14:17:22 UTC 2014


Maybe "reservoir" should be reserved for bodies of water that were created
for a distinct purpose (i.e. a reservoir as a water source, or a reservoir
used for power generation) other than just some area dammed up so people
could swim/boat/fish.


On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Michal Palenik <michal.palenik at freemap.sk>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 04:21:23PM -0500, Eric Ladner wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 2:19 PM, malenki <osm_ at malenki.ch> wrote:
> >
> > > Am Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:00:59 +0200
> > > schrieb Christoph Hormann <chris_hormann at gmx.de>:
> > >
> > > I won't use a tag which I don't consider useful.
> > > For me it is:
> > > waterway=* == flowing water
> > > natural=water == not flowing (though the most water bodies have
> > > some current)
> > >
> > >
> > Tags water=pond or water=lake may not be immediately view-able on the
> map,
> > but they do convey information (assuming there's also a natural=water tag
> > on the feature).
> >
> > water=lake      - large natural bodies of water
> > water=reservoir - large man-made bodies of water
> > water=pond     - small man-made bodies of water
> >
> > The only ambiguity is the vagueness of small vs. large, and local naming
> > conventions (something is named Lake Blah, when it is technically a
> > reservoir because it's man-made - Big Creek Lake in southern Alabama, for
> > example).
>
> well, there is also problem what is man-made, see
> http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%C4%8D%C3%BAvadlianske_jazero
> which is man made lake build in 16th century. so with the on the ground
> truth it's quite impossible to destinguish from natural lakes
> or http://www.freemap.sk/?c=core.gallery.view.22
> which even I can rember being made. but it's still a lake. to be honest
> I cannot find a single lake within 20km radius, which is purely natural.
>
>
>
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:water
> >
> > Personally, I'd vote for removing the double tagged water=lake;pond since
> > it's redundant and should be one or the other, not both, and ensuring
> that
> > each feature had a natural=water tag.  Mappers at a later time could
> > determine whether or not to add a water=lake or water=pond (or
> > water=reservoir) tag to the feature.
>
> maybe plus fixme=check if its pond or lake
>
> >
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