[Talk-us] NHD Hydro Connectors

[Nathan Edgars II]

On 2/18/2011 7:45 PM, Richard Weait wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Dale Puch<dale.puch at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> That said, for now using oneway is better than not tagging flow
>> direction.
>
> I disagree.  Water flow direction is recorded by the direction of the
> way, same as steps "up" direction is recorded by the direction of the
> way.  Oneway is not required for flow direction, though "reverse way
> direction" might be.

I never knew that about steps, and have thus mapped roughly half the 
number of steps I've added incorrectly. In addition, for waterways, 
there's no way to say "I don't know what direction the flow is", even if 
one does know current flow direction practice.