[OSM-talk] difference between waterway=canal and waterway=drain

[Karl Newman]

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Rory McCann <rory at technomancy.org> wrote:

> Karl Newman wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> So what do you call the big man made 'rivers' that barges go down?
>
> Rory
>

I did say *almost* never. Certainly there are large navigable canals (more
common in the Eastern US) but if you were to look at the sum total of all
the waterways called "canals" here, the navigable ones would make up a tiny
portion.

Karl
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