[Tagging] Difference between barrier=embankment and man_made=embankment?

[Paul Allen]

On Wed, 29 May 2019 at 14:56, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> > "Otherwise it's just a slope."
>
> According to
> https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/embankment
> in British English the term embankment is defined as "an artificial
> slope made of earth and/or stones".
>

Beware of dictionaries.  :)  Wiktionary defines it as a long mound of
earth, stone or similar
material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water,
for protection from
weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.

Seriously, though, in OSM terms, does a "one-sided embankment" make sense?
Sure, it's
the difference between a natural and an artificial slope, but how would you
know from simple
observation?  There's a slope near me that has been stabilized with
concrete blocks, so it's
visibly man-made.  But the same thing can be done by piling up earth at the
appropriate
angle - technically an embankment but visibly just a slope.

-- 
Paul
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