[OSM-talk] Ditches

[Mike Harris]

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Mike Harris
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Smith [mailto:deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com] 
> Sent: 15 December 2009 03:36
> To: Steve Bennett
> Cc: openstreetmap
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Ditches
> 
> 2009/12/15 Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com>:
> > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> >> In a park is a ditch.  There is a very small bridge going 
> over the ditch.
> >> I've tagged the ditch with barrier=ditch.  Should the 
> ditch be layer=-1?
> >> Even though the park is layer=0?
> >
> > Layers are only there to explain the relative heights of 
> things when 
> > they meet. No harm will result from marking the ditch as layer -1.
> > Whether or not it needs to be a lower number than that of 
> the bridge 
> > is an unresolved question.
> 
> I tend to mark bridges as layer=1 and anything at ground 
> level I don't set a layer tag, which seems the most logical 
> to me since ditches aren't under the ground etc.
> 
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