[OSM-talk] Named passages on hiking paths

[Christian Rogel]

Le 14/03/11 20:06, Tom Hughes a écrit :
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> On 14/03/11 18:45, Nakor wrote:
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>> Isn't a "Pas" just a mountain pass:
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:mountain_pass (like e.g.
>> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pas_de_Peyrol )?
>
> "Col" is the usual word for a mountain pass.
>
> Tom
>


If "col" and "pas" are equal and to be found in many french-speaking 
regions, "col" is the generic term used for a mountain pass by the 
geographers .
As you may know, the Pas de Calais (Straight of Dover) is a 
straightening passage from the sailor's point of view, as the mountain 
pass is from the ranger's.

Christian