[Tagging] Waterway equivalent of noexit=yes?

[Tod Fitch]

I’ve not seen a suggestion for this case yet that has any traction. . .

It occurred to me that the area where water flow disappears is indeterminate [1], thus the problem mapping it.

> Definition of indeterminate:
> 1a : not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
> b : not known in advance
> c : not leading to a definite end or result

Or from my old microprint edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (please excuse any transcription errors):

> 1. Not definitely set down; undetermined.
> 2. Not fixed in extent, number, character or nature; left uncertain as to limits of extent, number, etc.; of uncertain size or character; indefinite, indistinct, uncertain.

Perhaps a “indeterminate=yes” tag on the last node of a water way that “peters out” [2] could be used to signal the QA tools that the end of a water way is not a mistake. Might be useful in cases other than an ephemeral water way in the desert though I haven’t thought of one yet.

Cheers!
Tod

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indeterminate
[2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peter%20out

> On Aug 3, 2020, at 1:18 PM, Tod Fitch <Tod at FitchFamily.org> wrote:
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> I’ve yet to find a term or tag name that I like for the case where the water disappears from the surface in a desert environment. One issue is the location will vary depending on how big the storm was (or perhaps for a seasonal stream how wet the preceding wet season was). So it might be a tag applied to an intermittent way. Or, for simplicity, it might be a tag on the last node of the way. And, of course, the only reason for it is to let the QA tools know that it is not a mistake.
> 
> I wonder if the QA tools could simply ignore connectivity issues for intermittent waterways?
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
>> On Jul 24, 2020, at 2:04 AM, Alan Mackie <aamackie at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> This is specifically about how to label the end point where the waterway doesn't drain into another waterbody, not how to label an intermittent stream in general.
>> 

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