[Talk-GB] How to tag marine lights on posts

[Andy Mabbett]

On 7 November 2011 18:28, Malcolm Herring
<malcolm.herring at btinternet.com> wrote:
> These are warning beacons to mark the line of reefs. The appropriate
> OpenSeaMap tagging would be:
>
> seamark:type=beacon_special_purpose
> seamark:beacon_special_purpose:category=artificial_reef
> seamark:special_purpose_beacon:shape=pile
> seamark:light:colour=<whatever the colour of the light is>
> seamark:light:character=<whatever the flashing pattern is>
> seamark:topmark:shape=<if it has a topmark, the shape>
> seamark:topmark:colour=<if it has a topmark, the colour>
>
> NB: these tags will only be rendered on OpenSeaMap (an overlay to the
> StreetMap).
>
> man_made=beacon would be appropriate for the StreetMap, although I don't
> know whether this tag is rendered.

Thank you. I've used some of those, but I only saw them during
daytime, so can't comment on the colour or pattern of the lights.

I'd tagged what you all "reefs" as "islands"; I've now added "reef" as well.

-- 
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk