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

OJ W ojwlists at googlemail.com
Fri May 16 21:37:22 BST 2008


>>> 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?

it should be okay for something's name to not match its classification?

e.g. 'Rutland county council' not being a county council

or 'Croydon canal' being something other than a canal

I'm still interested in this definition of aquaeduct though, since the
wikipedia definition of man-made water-carrying thingie differs from
OSM's definition of waterway on a bridge




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