Oh, I see. That wasn’t mentioned in the “How to make realistic rivers” page. Would you mind editing them for me (so I can know what to do in the future)?
Hey, i will write to you in Serbian, for easier understanding:
Kao što je manje-više rečeno iznad, reke u samom početku svog toka teku relativno pravo, osim u slučajevima kada se nalazi neka vrsta kanjona nekoliko kilometara nakon izvora. Takodje bih ti predložio da one reke koje teku južno i ulivaju se u more na plaži (govorim o ove 4 reke ) budu potoci (water=stream) jer su relativno kratke i nemaju pritoke tako da sumnjam da bi dubina bila veća od 1-2m a ni širina ne bi bila šira od 50ak metara
Zatim, kod ove reke bilo bi možda bolje da sve pritoke takodje obeležiš kao potoke a da oznaka za reku bude tek od prvog ušća. Takodje bi i ova reka koja prati A12 bila najverovatnije potok
Well there is no set rule for waterway dimensions to be classified as a river, however there is commonly accepted rule of OSM that a stream is waterway that can be jumped over by a well fit adult. I think we on OGF follow some logic where rivers start as streams high in the mountains, then after like 2 or 3 tributaries (which are also streams) it becomes a river
My couple of thoughts about waterways; In the past I tried to restrain the river tag to natural waterways that are at least somewhat fit for commercial shipping. But looking at both OSM and OGF standards, I guess that’s a very restricted use of the tag (or rather an overusage of the stream and ditch tags). Then again, the level of waterway mapping in Kojo is quite low at this point in time anyway.
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Comment from Litvania on 29 March 2017 at 14:43
Comment from tule00 on 29 March 2017 at 15:24
Oh, I see. That wasn’t mentioned in the “How to make realistic rivers” page. Would you mind editing them for me (so I can know what to do in the future)?
Comment from martinum4 on 29 March 2017 at 16:16
I think it needs some natural=peak and maybe some kind of RF-Tower, i did it like This so far
Comment from tule00 on 29 March 2017 at 16:22
Good point.
Comment from Nikolia on 29 March 2017 at 18:06
Hey, i will write to you in Serbian, for easier understanding:
Kao što je manje-više rečeno iznad, reke u samom početku svog toka teku relativno pravo, osim u slučajevima kada se nalazi neka vrsta kanjona nekoliko kilometara nakon izvora. Takodje bih ti predložio da one reke koje teku južno i ulivaju se u more na plaži (govorim o ove 4 reke ) budu potoci (water=stream) jer su relativno kratke i nemaju pritoke tako da sumnjam da bi dubina bila veća od 1-2m a ni širina ne bi bila šira od 50ak metara Zatim, kod ove reke bilo bi možda bolje da sve pritoke takodje obeležiš kao potoke a da oznaka za reku bude tek od prvog ušća. Takodje bi i ova reka koja prati A12 bila najverovatnije potok
Comment from tule00 on 29 March 2017 at 19:14
Thanks for advice. Is there some kind of minimum length for a river?
Comment from eklas on 29 March 2017 at 20:13
Just whatever feels about right. I start using waterway=river after the watercourse reaches 10 km in length or has significant flow.
Comment from Nikolia on 29 March 2017 at 20:22
Well there is no set rule for waterway dimensions to be classified as a river, however there is commonly accepted rule of OSM that a stream is waterway that can be jumped over by a well fit adult. I think we on OGF follow some logic where rivers start as streams high in the mountains, then after like 2 or 3 tributaries (which are also streams) it becomes a river
Comment from thilo on 29 March 2017 at 20:58
You might consider to create some contour lines for the TopoMap layer, to make your mountain look more … mountainous.
Like this one, for example.
Comment from tule00 on 29 March 2017 at 21:15
I’ve seen that, and tbh Roantra looks amazing, but I’m not sure if I can do that right. Is there some kind of “manual” for contour lines?
Comment from Leowezy on 29 March 2017 at 22:30
My couple of thoughts about waterways; In the past I tried to restrain the river tag to natural waterways that are at least somewhat fit for commercial shipping. But looking at both OSM and OGF standards, I guess that’s a very restricted use of the tag (or rather an overusage of the stream and ditch tags). Then again, the level of waterway mapping in Kojo is quite low at this point in time anyway.
Comment from tule00 on 29 March 2017 at 22:40
Your logic is reasonable, but I consider any reasonably large water stream to be a river.