[Talk-GB] name=Flooding

[jonathan]

I agree it isn't, however, considering the current conditions some parts 
of the country are experiencing, the continuing weather forecasts of 
more to come and the fact that the ground water is so high that this 
water won't be going anywhere soon, then perhaps we should apply some 
tagging to areas that people have kindly already mapped.  Maybe highways 
should be marked as impassable?  The Highways Agency etc are producing 
such lists.

We would need to revisit these areas to remove it as they subside but 
this information is invaluable to many people, agencies, charities, gov 
departments etc.

There's also a historical benefit having  areas mapped as having 
previously flooded, either as live ways tagged accordingly or as old 
deleted ways that nevertheless are still accessible.

If the HOT team had been activated for this then we would be doing this 
sort of thing just as has been done in many other parts of the World.

I'm beginning to think we are not stepping up to provide this unique 
mapping requirement that no other mapping service is providing.

Jonathan

http://bigfatfrog67.me

On 10/02/2014 17:29, Steve Doerr wrote:
> Is this an appropriate use of the name tag?
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> http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=Flooding%2C+Burrowbridge
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> Steve
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