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

Dave F davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com
Sun Apr 3 15:07:32 UTC 2022



On 01/04/2022 22:19, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:
> waterway=* have several water=related objects which are not water

That's not a reason not to fix waterway=dock

>
> water=* accompanies natural=water

Yes, and your point is?

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

There are many 'none natural' objects tagged as natural. Reservoirs for 
instance. It's the water that's classed as natural, not its container.

DaveF


>
> 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.
>
>     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         As enclosed water features, "have largely been replaced by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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