[Talk-GB] Tagging Mill Races / Leats / Lades

[Paul Berry]

I pieced it together as best I could and came up with that, which reminds
me that we need much better (UK-specific) tagging information on the Wiki.

Nothing stopping anyone rolling their own tags though. I'd have gone for
man_made=leat which has some small precedent.

Regards,
*Paul*

On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 12:25, Dan S <danstowell+osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think instead of canal=headrace you meant to write usage=headrace?
> That's what's in the wiki, and also 1000+ entries seen in taginfo.
>
> I've chatted many times to people about millraces, but the term
> "headrace" (and "tailrace") is new to me. I'll add keywords to the
> wiki to make searching easier.
>
> Best
> Dan
>
> Op do 14 nov. 2019 om 11:53 schreef Paul Berry <pmberry2007 at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Looking at the existing guidelines it would be waterway=canal and
> canal=headrace (canal here used in the power rather than transport context)
> >
> > If this is indeed correct then it's not very obvious but it is detailed
> here:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Hydropower_water_supplies#Headraces
> >
> > Regards,
> > Paul
> >
> > On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 11:16, Charlie Reid <Charlie at jeit.biz> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Can find no guidance on the Wiki about tagging mill races. I come
> across these continually while surveying.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> They are a totally distinctive water feature which don’t bear much
> relation to listed waterway types. Drain seems to be the closes value – but
> this really misrepresents  their appearance, purpose and behaviour.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Any thoughts
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Charlie Reid
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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