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

[Colin Smale]

In UK English (not sure about other dialects!) "depth" is often used in
a horizontal sense. The depth of a cupboard or a shelf for example, or
the depth of a hole you have drilled. The depth of an adit would make
perfect sense to me - indicating how far it penetrates into the
substrate. If it is straight, it is equal to the length; if there
corners, the length may be greater than the depth.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/depth 

--colin 

On 2017-05-11 10:54, Michal Fabík 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 [1] 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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[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dadit
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