[Tagging] River crossing grade

[Sinus Pi]

Martin wrote:

>   with water_crossing=boat I would expect to have to bring my own boat
with me

If I was expected to bring my own boat, then what kind of "crossing" would
that be, other than the path ending on one bank and continuing on the
other? We're mapping actual features, so as much peculiar as it would seem,
with "water_crossing=boat" I would definitely expect to find a boat there
(or, more likely, evidence of there once being a boat, long since sunken or
vandalized or stolen).

On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 18:17, Martin Søndergaard <sondergaard246 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> My suggestion would be to introduce a new tag *water_crossing=yes* for a
>> generic water crossing.  This could be used for any water crossing where
>> the mapper does not know if it is a ford, a usually dry streambed, small
>> enough to step across on stones, or some other kind of crossing.  This key
>> could then have more specific values to add more detail:
>>
>> water_crossing=ford
>> water_crossing=stepping_stones
>> water_crossing=step_over
>> water_crossing=dry
>> water_crossing=boat
>>
>
> I think I agree with Zeke on this. It seems the issue is that *ford=**
> has become a generic term for any water crossing that is not *bridge=**
> or *tunnel=**. Creating a more generic tag like *water=crossing* seems to
> be the optimal solution to this issue and it would allow easy extension of
> the values to include a wide range of water crossing types.
>
> Additionally, I don't agree that ford=boat or water_crossing=boat is the
> same as a ferry. With ferry I would assume there is an established ferry
> service that can take me across, but with water_crossing=boat I would
> expect to have to bring my own boat with me. Although, not sure what the
> differencec between water_crossing=swim and water_crossing=boat would be.
>
> In conclusion, introduce a better tag with more specific values and assume
> that ford=yes is just a temporary generic tag (as it is actually used now).
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