[talk-au] sac_scale [Was: Deletion of walking tracks/paths]

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 at 18:01, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Obviously river conditions change, but I think it's useful to tag what's
> usually the case:
>
> 1. creek crossing where generall the water level is so low that you won't
> have water ingress in your shoes
> 2. creek 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
>
> I don't like using numbers as values as they aren't self explanatory but I
> can't think of short terms you could use for tag values.
>

How about:

waterway=river/stream +
crossing = (maybe foot_crossing= ?)
1. paddling
2. knee_deep
3. chest_deep
4. swimming

I think they'd be self-explanatory to everybody?

You would probably also then need to add something about likely water speed
ie still >>> raging torrent, although that is usually going to be seasonal
dependent?

Thanks

Graeme
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