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

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Fri Apr 1 21:19:26 UTC 2022


waterway=* have several water=related objects which are not water

water=* accompanies natural=water

all docks are water-related, not all of them are natural=water objects

Apr 1, 2022, 17:19 by tagging at openstreetmap.org:

> That's really irrelevant to this proposal of moving the dock tag    from waterway=  to water= which are both water features.  
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>  DaveF
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> On 01/04/2022 15:26, Joseph Eisenberg      wrote:
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>> Only some types of docks contain water. A dry dock        is usually dry, a floating dock is also not a water feature . 
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>> From the wiki page:
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>> 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
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>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 9:29            AM Dave F via Tagging <>> tagging at openstreetmap.org>> >            wrote:
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>>> Hi
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>>>  The dock tag is currently using the waterway schema.
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>>>  >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Ddock
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>>>  As enclosed water features, "have largely been replaced by            natural=water 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?
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