[OSM-talk] Mapping canals

[Robert (Jamie) Munro]

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Martijn Verwijmeren wrote:
| On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:39:19 +0000
| Gervase Markham <gerv-gmane at gerv.net> wrote:
|
|> - Locks have a maximum width and length, universally measured in
|> feet.
|
| Do you brits really live in a different universe?
|
| Please, whatever tags you design: Make them usable in more countries
| than just the UK. France e.g. has an extensive network of narrow canals
| too. They really use meters not feet in most of the world. Either put
| "ft" or "m" in every tag or make per country defaults.

Per country defaults sounds like a nightmare to me any software designed
to do anything with any of the data would have to know the list of
defaults and the borders of all the countries in order to be useful.
Please put ft or m in every tag.

Robert (Jamie) Munro
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