[Tagging] Is a ship-lift a crane?

[Joseph Eisenberg]

As Martin mentioned, there is a tag in use: waterway=boat_lift

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Dboat_lift

- Joseph Eisenberg

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 3:22 PM Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> Thanks everyone for confirming that what I thought is right - it's not a
> crane because it lifts from underneath!
>
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 at 17:59, Peter Neale via Tagging <
> tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>
>> When I saw this topic, my initial thought was of a "boat lift" used to
>> transfer boats between canals at different levels.
>
>
> Thanks, Peter.
>
> As Martin mentioned, we have
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 at 19:13, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> the wiki has documentation
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Dboat_lift
>>
>
> but I don't think this is the same thing as it specifies " transporting
> boats between water at different elevation"
>
> One of the example photos on that page is close
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Oberl%C3%A4ndischer_Kanal3.jpg
> but that even says  "inclined plane (not a boat lift)"
>
> So what do we call it?
>
> I don't think either
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=elevator?uselang=en or
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dfunicular are right?
>
> A new tag, either waterway= or man_made=ship_lift?
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
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