[OSM-talk] [Tagging] Culvert and average contributor

Jonathan Bennett openstreetmap at jonno.cix.co.uk
Fri Aug 27 14:35:41 BST 2010


  On 27/08/2010 14:17, edodd at billiau.net wrote:
> In a town which does not have underground storm water management, the
> gutters at the side of the roads have to cross one of the roads at an
> intersection so you have a half-elliptical shaped culvert which traffic
> crosses, making a little ford. The wikipedia definition of culvert is
> simply "A culvert is a device used to channel water." and these fit into
> that definition.

Nice selective quoting. The full description is:

"A *culvert* is a device used to channel water. It may be used to allow 
water to pass underneath a road <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road>, 
railway <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway>, or embankment 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment_%28transportation%29> for 
example. Culverts can be made of many different materials; steel 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel>, polyvinyl chloride 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride> (PVC) and concrete 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete> are the most common. Formerly, 
construction of stone culverts was common."

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culvert

If the vehicle travels through the water, it's a ford, not a culvert -- 
the water is passing *over* the road, not under it.



More information about the talk mailing list