[OSM-newbies] more canals

[Johannes Hüsing]

Dave F. schrieb:
> Bill Condie wrote:
>   
>> Sorry to keep banging on about canals, everyone must be sick of them,  
>> but I have a big interest in the subject as I have hundreds of miles  
>> of them in Thailand.
>>
>> Problem is, most are irrigations trenches - some man made - from very  
>> big to very small. Most aren't canals in the sense of Amsterdam with  
>> boats, although some are.
>>
>> In fact the term "khlong" - the local word - is the perfect one for  
>> what these things are.
>>
>> Does anyone know if there is a tag I could use for these? Something  
>> under man_made perhaps? I haven't seen one
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
> Off the top of my head:
> boat=yes/no
> width=*
>
> or maybe even drain?
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Ddrain
>
>   

There's a proposal for "ditch":

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Ditch

To be honest, for me as a non-native English speaker "ditch" does not 
carry much more meaning than "khlong".