[OSM-talk] Dry-weather roads

[Steve Hill]

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:

>> I think some variation on the access tag make more sense, if only
>> 'access=dry_season'.
>
> Good idea.
>
>> Afterall the road/route is always there (ie. not
>> intermittent), it is just not passable with normal vechiles.
>
> The *water* on the road *is* intermittent, however.

Both tags are probably a good idea - the access tag tells you you can't 
access it some of the time, the water tag tells you _why_ you can't access 
it.

I'm not entirely convinced about water=intermittent for tidal stuff though 
since tides are quite predictable so there could be much more useful 
information about when the water is present (e.g. "under water when tide 
is > 4m above chart datum).  To some extent this is true of seasonal stuff 
too - you could have a tag specifying when the wet season usually occurs.

  - Steve
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