Talk:Key:inlet

Inlets on ways / Gutters mapping

It's a kind of an issue @CarrotManMatt: to have changed affinity of this key and inlet=grate with ways as it hasn't been discussed this way during proposal review.
It has been discussed that gutters will be tagged differently due to affinity with nodes only.
To me, Different solution for linear water collection features should be found and affinity restored for node only please Fanfouer (talk) 15:56, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Many apologies, I see that wasn't the right way to approach it! Has there been any discussion on the best way to tag this feature? I definitely agree with your point to simplify the key to be only used on nodes. Is there any alternative that could be mentioned instead to tag the covered gutters as? I would be more than happy to change all the incorrect mentions to tagging ways to this correct key. -- CarrotManMatt (talk) 20:31, 5 September 2022 (UTC+1)

No offense, we'll surely manage to find a more suitable solution. We weren't able to find the best approach quickly during the proposal so it has been postponed.

A similar question raised recently in French community and we looked for waterway=ditch but that isn't so great. It's even more difficult to map when they're located in the middle of street, forcing to merge them with osm highway geometry.

Will it need a brand new value waterway=collector or something similar? Fanfouer (talk) 19:56, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

I'd agree with a new tag value, but the waterway=* key doesn't feel right. I get that it may link in better with the existing tagging schemes for water infrastructure, but seen as these objects are likely to also be mapped by more general mappers I'd feel like a different (but not necessarily new) key would be preferred. (I really like the way the inlet=* key bridges the gap in this way between complex infrastructure & the stuff most mappers will see (like manhole covers & utility boxes) so something similar would get my vote!) -- CarrotManMatt (talk) 23:51, 5 September 2022 (UTC+1)

So we have found a supplementary feature for which tagging is missing. As tagging develop continuously in OSM, no doubt we'll manage to find a suitable solution later. It should be discussed with @ZeLonewolf: who may have an idea. Inlets are not the only bridge we can build between water collection and carrying it in closed spaces.

For now, we shouldn't encourage to use inlet=* on ways as we know it's not where we want to get. Affinity should be restored as it has been defined originally please. Fanfouer (talk) 07:17, 6 September 2022 (UTC)