[Tagging] Fwd: [tagging] Canoe route / nautical channels

[Fernando Trebien]

Sorry to bring this back so much time later. I just want to confirm a detail.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 8:34 AM Multi Modaal <multimodaal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I could go along with the extension of the definition of waterway=canal to
> > cover also navigation channels in larger bodies of water, if this solution
> > is accepted as a result of  voting process on a formal proposal. Personally
> > I prefer a new tag for nautical or navigation channels.
> I agree that a new tag (waterway=lake seems fine to me) would be better, but until that is formally proposed and widely accepted by data users I see no advantage in banning current practice which is also in concordance with the wiki for instance waterway=fairway  (fairway on a lake is added as an addition to waterway=canal/river )

Since 27 March 2018, the wiki [1] says that waterway=fairway is
"questioned and conflicts with seamark:type=fairway", but I think this
is not correct. The wiki also states that waterway=fairway should be
used on ways and that seamark:type=fairway should be used on closed
ways, so I believe that a complete description includes both a
navigable area and a line through it (which is typically a requirement
for routing).

If you agree, I think the conflict note should be removed from the wiki.

Regards,

[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Generic:Map_Features:waterway
[2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Seamarks/Seamark_Objects

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Fernando Trebien