[OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands

[Steve Bennett]

IMHO, the US English/Australian English issue here is spurious. Australians
certainly understand and use the word "ford" to mean a low water crossing.
We also use the word "causeway" to mean an embankment with a road on top of
it. We sometimes also use the word "causeway" to mean a ford (particularly
when it's usually dry), but that's not very important here, or particularly
confusing.

Secondly, since a causeway is just an embankment with a road on top, why not
just map it that way? Either mark the causeway as an area, and draw a
separate road, or draw a road and mark it "embankment=yes".

Steve
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