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

[Shaun McDonald]

On 16 May 2008, at 18:12, Alex Mauer wrote:

> Shaun McDonald wrote:
>> I have the only remaining part of the Croydon canal near me. It is
>> only a few hundred metres long, and is now left to nature. A century
>> ago the other parts of the canal were filled in and changed to  
>> railway.
>
> Presumably that's only called a canal for historical reasons then?
>

Yes. Is there anything wron with that?

Shaun