[OSM-newbies] desert "streams"

[Johannes Hüsing]

David ``Smith'' schrieb:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Charlotte Wolter <techlady at techlady.com> wrote:
>   
>>         The USGS (US Geological Service) has a dotted and dashed line for
>> intermittent streams. Do you think that's appropriate for OSM and should I
>> propose it? I think it is applicable to many desert areas.
>>     
>
> Yes, that's a very good idea.  In my mind, the new tagging and
> rendering should be something like this:
>
> waterway=stream
> intermittent=yes
> rendering: just like a normal stream, but dotted
>
>   
I'd prefer waterway=wadi, agree on the rendering though.