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How to connect a river to lake?

Where should the start node of river placed on a multipolygon lake?

In the middle of the lake or on a node on the lake polygon?

mapping

asked 21 Sep '21, 06:59

Msiipola
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This question is similar to service road in parking lots. Usually I don't connect them.

(21 Sep '21, 08:33) Cascafico

One Answer:

If the lake has one or more inflows you should map the river(s) continuing through the lake to form a continuous path (just like roads), e.g. with waterway=river. If no inflow start the waterway where you think it makes morst sense. At the point where the waterway intersects with the lake I always connect the two, although I think this is handled differently by some mappers.

answered 21 Sep '21, 08:57

TZorn
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Thanks for the answer!

(21 Sep '21, 11:18) Msiipola