[Tagging] Docks - Change to use the natural/water schema?

[Dave F]

That's really irrelevant to this proposal of moving the dock tag from 
waterway=  to water= which are both water features.

DaveF

On 01/04/2022 15:26, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
> Only some types of docks contain water. A dry dock is usually dry, a 
> floating dock is also not a water feature .
>
> From the wiki page:
>
>   * dock <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:dock>=tidal
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:dock%3Dtidal> - For a
>     tidal dock, where the dock holds a stable water level in a basin,
>     in order to make loading and offloading of ships easier, or to
>     have a safe harbour in areas with a large tidal difference.
>   * dock <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:dock>=drydock
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:dock%3Ddrydock> - Usually
>     a maintenance dock where ships can enter to do inspections and
>     maintenance on the wet surface of the hull.
>   * dock <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:dock>=floating
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:dock%3Dfloating> -
>     Floating docks are usually a large floating structure with the
>     purpose to lift a vessel out of the water for maintenance or
>     inspections of the wet surface of the hull
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 9:29 AM Dave F via Tagging 
> <tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>
>     Hi
>
>     The dock tag is currently using the waterway schema.
>
>     https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Ddock
>
>     As enclosed water features, "have largely been replaced by
>     natural=water
>     + water=lake/river" etc, and the waterway tag is largely for linear
>     objects, what, if any, are the reasons for maintaining 'dock' as a
>     waterway?
>
>     DaveF
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