[OSM-talk] Connecting ferry routes to roads?

[Rory McCann]

Dan Karran wrote:
> I fixed up the Isle of Man Steam Packet ferry route so that it goes
> all the way into Douglas harbour in the Isle of Man again. While I was
> at it, I connected it up with the road network so that routing
> programmes could route traffic through it as well. Is this common
> practice, and is there a standard way of linking them in? I've just
> linked the route to a service road which is connected to the rest of
> the road network.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Dan
> 

I've been taking this approach aswell, eg: 
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=-4.07891&lon=39.66457&zoom=15&layers=B00FTF 
I've added nodes where the coastline and the road meet and tagging them 
with "amenity=ferry_terminal"

Rory