[OSM-talk] ford=no for highways which are known to have no fords?

[Richard]

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 07:01:07PM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 2016-05-31 15:03 GMT+02:00 Richard <ricoz.osm at gmail.com>:
> 
> > often enough I get messages from people saying that drawing a bridge
> > or culvert for every minor highway/waterway crossing causes more
> > trouble than use and I tend to agree.
> >
> 
> 
> I disagree. Either there is a bridge / culvert in reality, and in this case
> why wouldn't we want it in OSM, or there isn't and then it is a simple
> error waiting to be corrected.

so what do you do if you drove along a track know there is not a single 
ford but don't have enough information to know whether there is
a bridge or culvert in most places? There are some notable bridges but
everything that is notable probably deserves at least a man_made=bridge
anyway while the rest ist just I don't get wet feet here.

> Which trouble do these elements cause? I realize they make it harder to
> apply modifications to long (i.e. probably more pieces) ways, but on the
> other hand, casual mistakes also don't extend very far.

I have seen many examples of culverts applied to the wrong segment
of the way.. theese seem to go easily unnoticed for long periods of 
time.

Richard