[OSM-newbies] Help -- How to use waterway=riverbank

[Charlotte Wolter]

Hello everyone,

         I've been mapping the Little Colorado River, which, despite 
its name, is rather large, bank to bank. When it's not encased in a 
canyon--such as when it gets close to joining the big Colorado--it's 
a typical Western U.S. river: a quarter-mile wide and a foot deep. 
So, in the places where it is wide, I've been mapping it as two 
riverbanks. However, it sometimes renders as a large area of 
water,  covering places that are not under water.
         I know we are not supposed to map for rendering, but this 
result makes me think that I am doing something wrong.
         So, what is the correct way to handle 
waterway=riverbank?  Do we join the two banks from time to time (as I 
have done to try to correct the problem)?
         The area I have mapped is in northern Arizona, around the 
towns of Cameron and Winslow.
         Thanks in advance for your help.

Charlotte Wolter


Charlotte Wolter
927 18th Street Suite A
Santa Monica, California
90403
+1-310-597-4040
techlady at techlady.com

The Four Internet Freedoms
Freedom to visit any site on the Internet
Freedom to access any content or service that is not illegal
Freedom to attach any device that does not interfere with the network
Freedom to know all the terms of a service, particularly any that 
would affect the first three freedoms.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/newbies/attachments/20100906/89c2b467/attachment.html>