[Tagging] Canoe route
Dave Swarthout
daveswarthout at gmail.com
Sat Jun 30 18:04:28 UTC 2018
@Paul,
I agree that waterway=river and route=ferry are incorrect and that
route=ferry is slightly less so <g>.
But do you mean the untagged ways should be tagged with route=canoe as
someone else suggested, or that the entire relation should be tagged that
way?
On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 9:48 AM Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 6:22 PM, Dave Swarthout <daveswarthout at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> A closer look at some similar relations (thanks, Kevin) indicates others
>> have had the same issue and resolved it in various ways. One person left
>> the water-crossing ways untagged, as I did, another used waterway=river to
>> mark them, another used route=ferry (both incorrect for my situation).
>>
>
> Untagged is undesirable. Could be anything. Footpath in an area prone to
> heave flooding. Ley line. Anything. :)
>
> Waterway=river is just plain wrong.
>
> Route=ferry is also wrong, but not quite as wrong as the others. It's a
> step in the right direction. As the old joke goes,
> now we're just haggling over money.
>
> Route=canoe is the right way to go, I think. It may not render at present
> (I haven't checked) but the carto guys may
> decide to render it at some point in the future. Factors in the decision
> will be how often it is used and if it serves a
> useful purpose.
>
> --
> Paul
>
>
--
Dave Swarthout
Homer, Alaska
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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