[Talk-us] NHD Hydro Connectors

[Richard Weait]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

There are several options there.

1) Go and look

2) Leave it for somebody who can go and look

3) Map the outline but not the flow line