[OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - waterways/ditch

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Chris Hill wrote:
>Sent: 01 September 2008 6:08 PM
>To: Tristan Scott; talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - waterways/ditch
>
>> Maybe modifying and clarifying the scope of the drain tag would do?
>> Thoughts?
>
>I think that a ditch is something I could just about jump over (maybe in my
>younger days anyway), whereas a drain is wider and possibly navigable.

You are still describing the same thing though, only the width has changed.
So you don't need an extra key to define the object, just add a key(s) to
define the physical attributes, in this case perhaps a width= tag

Cheers

Andy