Tag required for often dry Ponds, Holes or Depressions that have been are excavated as a store for flood water they often turn into small natural nature reserve areas, sometimes fenced sometimes not. I looked at tag info but didn't have any success. Any ideas..edit I have found balancing_pond in taginfo with mixed other tags so should i use landuse=balancing_pond. Wiki Description https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balancing_lake asked 10 Nov '15, 19:21  andy mackey edited 10 Nov '15, 22:24 |
3 Answers:
landuse=basin with basin=* should be what you look for. answered 11 Nov '15, 18:43  malenki |
Andy, why don’t you use the intermittent or seasonal tags, as been in use for rivers and streams ? Here’s a link to a similar situation in the middle of highways, with a flourishing wildlife, https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/52.0657/5.0718 quit and hardly any humans in sight. It has been designed so that the ponds are filled with the rainfall on the infrastructural asphalt surfaces. answered 11 Nov '15, 10:35  Hendrikklaas Thanks Nick. I like those, i had not thought of either, although non of the water in your link seemed to have them. (11 Nov '15, 11:43) andy mackey |
I did some thinking and research and for one of these "holes" I suggest the following:- Draw a polygon, tag as landuse=basin ( suggested Thanks) with additional tag flood=detention ( it holds flash flood water for slow release into drains or down into water table ). If normally a marsh tag as wetland = marsh. Hendrikklaas's suggestion seasonal=yes or intermittent=yes can also he added if they suit your situation. If the basin as a name you that as well ( but only from local knowledge or signs, not other maps). answered 11 Nov '15, 13:26 andy mackey edited 17 Jun '16, 18:05 |
Some more info http://www.susdrain.org/delivering-suds/using-suds/suds-components/retention_and_detention/Detention_basins.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_basin