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

[David Fawcett]

I my experience with culverts and American English, they always have a
top.  The wikipedia article matches my experience:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culvert

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:51 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/8/27  <edodd at billiau.net>:
>> If you <favourite search engine> open-top culvert you will find the open
>> variety.
>> Will you now need another tag?
>
>
> actually yes, I probably would, because that proves IMHO that culvert
> is too generic. In German those would be a completely different word
> instead for the closed one and I was somehow assuming that English
> somehow corresponds.
>
> cheers,
> Martin
>
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