[Tagging] Flood prone areas

Randy rwtnospam-newsgp at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 18 19:49:23 GMT 2010


John Smith wrote:

>
>We don't get much seasonal flooding in Australia, but there is a lot
>of flood plains and many of them are signed that the road is subject
>to flooding, all I'm asking is if anyone has come up with a suitable
>tagging scheme for this.

There have been a few attempts, over the years, to define flooding tags, 
but I think almost all have been abandoned, some for reason (as stated in 
the discussion)
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Water_bodies
others none
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/floodplain
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Dry_weather

Two of related meaning have seen recent activity, at least based on 
discussion history.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Water_cover
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ford

Only one of these appears to have reached RFC stage.
This from doing a quick wiki search on "flood". So I think the answer to 
your question is a somwwhat qualified "no".

-- 
Randy





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