[Tagging] River crossing grade

[John Sturdy]

And if we do want to repeat that (and I agree with Mateusz, that we
probably shouldn't) we should probably make it 1--5 rather than 0--4, for
consistency.

How about giving the typical depth of the crossing in metres?

John

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:05 AM Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <
tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> numeric tracktype scale was a mistake, this is a new tag and repeating
> this can be avoided
>
>
> Jan 26, 2022, 11:56 by andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com:
>
> I couldn't see anything on the wiki about river crossings grade so I
> started drafting a proposal
>
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Pedestrian_river_crossing
>
> Feedback or comments or help on it is most welcome.
>
> # Rational
>
> Particularly on hiking trails, the intersection of a highway=footway or
> highway=path and a waterway=* can be defined as either:
>
> - A bridge bridge=yes which allows you to walk over the watercourse.
> - A culvert tunnel=culvert which takes the water through a tunnel
> underneath the walking path.
> - Stepping stones ford=stepping_stones which allow you to walk through the
> watercourse without usually getting wet (unless the water level is higher
> than the stepping stones, this tag doesn't imply you'll always be able to
> get across)
> - A generic stream/river crossing ford=yes where your path passes through
> the watercourse.
> In the last case of ford=yes it can be helpful to describe the usual
> condition of that stream/river crossing to help give consumers an idea of
> what they can generally expect.
>
> Mindful that conditions can change depending on upstream rainfall, or it
> could vary seasonally, but for places where it's usually consistent, this
> proposal proposes tagging it.
>
> # Proposed Tagging
>
> 0. creek/stream crossing where generally the creekbed is dry and you won't
> get wet.
> 1: creek/stream crossing where generally the water level is so low that
> you won't have water ingress in your shoes
> 2: creek/stream crossing where your body will stay dry but you'll want to
> take your shoes off if you prefer to keep them dry
> 3: river crossing where your body will get wet, may have a rope to help
> you cross, but you can wade through the water and won't usually need to swim
> 4: river crossing where you'll need to swim across
>
>
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