[Tagging] Drain vs ditch

Sergio Manzi smz at smz.it
Fri Feb 1 22:27:54 UTC 2019


I'm pretty sure that's the case in UK, but are you willing to bet on all drains (/e.g. industrial/) of the world being lined?

On 2019-02-01 23:22, Paul Allen wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 22:09, Sergio Manzi <smz at smz.it <mailto:smz at smz.it>> wrote:
>
>     If you think it is important to differentiate between lined vs. unlined minor waterways (/and I'm not objecting to that/), I guess the best option would be to use a specific tag (lined=* ?)
>
> As I understand it, Ordnance Survey maps in the UK make a distinction between ditches
> and drains.  Of course, printed maps don't have the luxury of sub-tags, so we don't have
> to use ditch and drain just because OS does.  However, ditch and drain are already
> established.
>
> -- 
> Paul
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