[OSM-talk] waterway=lock

Peter Childs pchilds at bcs.org
Fri Aug 28 13:56:08 BST 2009


2009/8/28  <wynndale at lavabit.com>:
>> On 27/08/09 12:13, Jack Stringer wrote:
>>
>>> lock=yes
>>> lock_name=Withrington Bottom Lock
>>
>> When you are tagging a way, you can't use name= because that will
>> already contain the name of the canal. Hence lock_name=.
>>
> Why would you want to repeat the name of a canal on its individual nodes?
> Isn’t that repeating the mistake of the TIGER node tags?
>
>

Read it again.

on a node

lock=yes
name="lock name"

or on a node

waterway=lock_gate
name="lock gate name"

and on the way between the lock gates

waterway=canal
name="canal name"
lock=yes
lock_name="lock name"

The Canal way will need to be split at the lock gates, (or in some
cases where a diversion starts (due to some rivers going over weirs)
while there is a lock for boats.

Peter.




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