[OSM-talk] Mapping flood

[Christoph Hormann]

On Sunday 16 February 2014, Pieren wrote:
> Someone is mapping the UK floods in OSM (reported on twitter):
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/258412163
>
> Very bad idea.

Yes, but note the wiki currently does not give any guidelines what 
degree of permanency is required for a body of water to be mapped as 
natural=water.  There are many other examples of areas which are - if 
at all - merely sporadically covered with water to the extent they are 
mapped like:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23938237
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/26645398
http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/253952
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/183083855
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/71290542

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Christoph Hormann
http://www.imagico.de/