[Tagging] River crossing grade

[John Sturdy]

Actually, I see that depth= is already mentioned on the "ford" page, which
looks to me like it covers enough detail.

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:17 AM John Sturdy <jcg.sturdy at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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