[OSM-talk] waterways through water bodies

Yves ycai at mailbox.org
Tue Jun 22 16:26:34 UTC 2021


Yes, rivers ways continuing trough lakes are very common.
Not sure any additional tag is needed, when dealing with geographic data one could expect a data user may detect this from the geometry.
Regards,
Yves Cainaud 

Le 22 juin 2021 17:31:52 GMT+02:00, Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>I was reviewing recent changes in my area, and I came upon this:
>https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/956078735
>
>If there is a waterbody (natural=water + water=lake or pond), and a stream
>or river (waterway=river or stream) flows into and out of that body of
>water, should the waterway be continued through the body of water?
>
>If yes, should the portion of the waterway that is inside the body of water
>have additional tagging indicating this fact?
>
>Thanks,
>Mike
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