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How to tag a crossing waterway-highway

Posted by sigon on 26 December 2015 in English. Last updated on 27 December 2015.

There is a bridge

highway: secondary (or other)

layer: 1

bridge:yes

waterway:stream

there is a culvert

highway: secondary (or other)

layer: -1

tunnel:culvert

waterway:stream

There is a ford

highway: road (or other)

ford: yes

waterway:stream

Bridge: artificial construction that spans a waterway, osm.wiki/Key:bridge

Layer: Used to mark the vertical relationship between two features, osm.wiki/Key:layer

Tunnel = culvert : culvert is a device used to channel water, osm.wiki/Tag:tunnel%3Dculvert culvert

Waterway = drain: channelised stream, osm.wiki/Tag:waterway%3Ddrain drain

waterway= ditch Small man-made draining waterway, osm.wiki/Tag:waterway%3Dditch ditch

Ford: water flows over the highway osm.wiki/Key:ford ford

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Comment from Warin61 on 26 December 2015 at 21:37

There is a Ford

Tag added to highway where water flows over the highway ford=yes

no layer tags as both highway and waterway are on the same level.


You have not sated above what the tags are added to. Suggest you edit?

Comment from sigon on 27 December 2015 at 09:25

Thanks Warin61, edited :-)

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