[OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands

[Martin Fossdal Guttesen]

I would agree that it is more like a Causeway jugding from the wikipedia article and images, but i cant find any tag for that, and i dont think it would render on the map

from http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:embankment
"A raised bank to carry a road, railway, or canal across a low-lying or wet area. "

it is defently not low-laying but it is the sea so ofcource it is wet
i would more categorise it as a broad body of water according to 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_water 


here is another picture of the other one 
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6705198

the text under the picture says it is a dam, but it defently is not



From: Martin Koppenhoefer 
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2009/11/30 John F. Eldredge <john at jfeldredge.com>

  I would class that as a causeway, rather than an embankment.  I think "wet area" in the Wikipedia definition would refer to boggy ground, or an intermittently-flooded low-lying area, rather than to lake-bottom or sea-bottom that is underwater all of the time.


by your name I guess you're an English native speaker, so I guess you're right, still the definition in WIkipedia states:
In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated on a sandbank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland.

While in the pictures given by the OP it didn't seem to be a sandbank where the road was constructed on. 

cheers,
Martin
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