[Talk-GB] Is this a footbridge?

[Martin Wynne]

On 05/05/2019 17:39, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
> Given the small width of the ditch, I wouldn't bother with the separate 
> way, but just put the ford & handrail tags on the intersecting node.
> 
> The way you've mapped it the ford & handrail are 5 metres in length.
> 
Thanks Dave.

I have shortened it to about 2 metres (I think).

I'm reluctant to remove the separate way. In this case the stream is 
very narrow, but in other cases it often isn't. A bridge has a finite 
span length, a culvert has a finite length, and a ford surely has a 
length too? If the stream was mapped as water between separate banks, it 
would look a bit daft to have only a single node in the centre tagged as 
a ford.

p.s. Am I missing something? How can I see the actual dimensions of an 
element in the iD editor?

cheers,

Martin.