[Tagging] bridge movable vs swing vs swinging

Richard Z. ricoz.osm at gmail.com
Thu Aug 7 15:25:38 UTC 2014


Hi,

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:bridge mentions "swing" bridges without
defining them.

Apparently mappers do totally disagree what "swing" means.. out of our mapped 
bridge=swing 
* about half are small swinging bridges (aka simple suspension, hanging bridges)
* some are swing bridges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_bridge
* some are high-tech suspension bridges
* some are bridges that would be best defined as bridge=movable according to our 
  wiki page

Those are radically different types of bridges.. comparing 
   http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-scariest-bridges/11
with
   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/pictures/swingbridge.jpg
or
   http://structurae.net/structures/bilbao-cable-stayed-swing-bridge

Wondering what to do with that? With just 687 objects worldwide the problem
would be easily fixable.. just how?


Richard



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