[Talk-ca] NL FLOW conversion

[Kevin Michael Smith]

On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 08:10 -0400, Richard Weait wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:29 AM, Kevin Smith <smithkm at draconic.ca> wrote:
> > On 12/05/2010 2:44 PM, Sam Vekemans wrote:
> >>
> >> You can see where the blue arrows are.  I added the tag from
> >> waterway=stream  and in some cases, added oneway=yes
> >
> > Doesn't oneway imply a legal restriction on movement though?
> 
> I'm not sure what the convention is for flowlines in other parts of
> the map.  Sam have you found examples elsewhere?
> 
> The legal restriction to support oneway for flowlines would be the law
> of gravity, as water may flow downhill only.  ;-)

The Wiki says the convention is just that the direction of the way
should be the direction of the flow.  And just because the water is
moving one direction, doesn't restrict the movement of people and their
vehicles.  It may be more work to paddle a canoe up stream, but it is
possible.

-- 
Kevin Michael Smith <smithkm at draconic.ca>
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