[OSM-talk] Introduction and river question

[David Groom]

Hi Scott, and welcome

for the river you have shown, given that it is fairly wide I'd tag both 
banks.

The only problem is that as far as I am aware the correct tagging has not 
yet been standardised. See

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Large_rivers

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Rollins" <organist at gmail.com>
To: <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 11:44 AM
Subject: [OSM-talk] Introduction and river question


> Hello,
>
> I don't think I've posted to the list yet, so I'll say hello.  I've
> started mapping the areas nearest to where I live, and I did a nearby
> village on my birthday.  And so far, so good...
>
> But I am not exactly clear on what the best way would be to mark and tag
> this town's rivers.  I've got the Landsat plugin working on JOSM, but my
> question is how I'm supposed to tag it.  Do I just tag the banks or am I
> supposed to do something more complicated than that?  Or is that an
> aspect that hasn't yet been settled?
>
> To see the area in question:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?lat=45.43275&lon=-76.357&zoom=13
>
> Scott
>
> -- 
> Scott Rollins
> <organist at gmail.com>
> Arnprior, ON, Canada
>
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