[Tagging] change recommendation from "depth" to "length" for the adit length?

[Volker Schmidt]

Is there anyone from the mining industry?
I looked a this Wikpedia article [1] and ge confused.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_in_a_well

On 11 May 2017 at 10:54, Michal Fabík <michal.fabik at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds reasonable to me. If it's horizontal or near-horizontal, depth
> makes no sense.
>
> --
> Michal Fabík
>
> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <
> dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> According to https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dadit the
>> tag "depth" should be used for the length of an adit (horizontal mine
>> entrance). According to wiki discussion, people seem to agree that "length"
>> is a better tag for this, as "depth" is used to indicate how deep
>> (vertically) something is.
>>
>> Any complaints or agreeing voices for this change?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Martin
>>
>>
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