[OSM-talk] Connecting ferry routes to roads?

[Mark Williams]

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Rory McCann wrote:
> 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

Similarly, I put the terminal where it is, and join the route=ferry to
the highway=service through the carpark (if that's how it is) & then to
the main roads in the usual fashion, on the basis that that's what's
there. Obviously foot ferries need a footway instead, and train stations
have a similar arrangement (or ought to..)

Mark
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