How are nautical channels ("fairways") tagged of OpenSeaMap. I could not
find out at first glance, but they for sure must have same tags for that.On 17 July 2016 at 19:29, Maarten Deen <md...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > I'm seeing some ways tagged with waterway=fairway in the Netherlands. Some > examples: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/215071961 > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/210382535 > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/215071958 > > These examples have all been added in > https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/15581966, there are more examples > in the changeset. > > Taginfo: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/?key=waterway&value=fairway > > This user also added waterway=lake on unclosed ways. > > Both waterway=fairway and waterway=lake are not described in the wiki. I > do get the idea of waterway=fairway. This user seems to have added this in > lakes to indicate the navigatable route. Since these lakes are shallow, > there are predeterminded routes marked by buoys. So it makes sense. > The waterway=lake I don't get. > > What is the thought on this. Is this something to keep or should these > routes be tagged as waterway=canal? These are not canals, so I do see the > added value of using a different tag. Is fairway an acceptable one? Fairway > does seem to be the english term for this feature. > Should this be up for for vote as a proposed feature of should we just add > it to the waterway wikipage? > > Regards, > Maarten > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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