[OSM-talk] difference between waterway=canal and waterway=drain
Karl Newman
siliconfiend at gmail.com
Wed May 14 15:45:14 BST 2008
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) <
ajrlists at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Both are created by man. A canal is normally navigable and a drain is not.
> A
> canal is for carrying goods and people, a drain is for transporting water
> much like a river but the drain has been dug by man rather than nature.
> Drains can be anything from quite narrow watercourses to very large
> constructions depending on how much water they carry.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers
> Andy
>
>
Wow, that's not obvious to the casual (non-UK) observer. In the US, the
usage of "canal" is different. They're almost never navigable, and even
small drainage ditches are commonly called "canals". Almost no-one here
would call any kind of waterway a "drain". Definitely clarify that on the
Wiki.
Karl
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