[OSM-talk] waterway=lock

Gervase Markham gerv-gmane at gerv.net
Sun Aug 30 15:34:42 BST 2009


On 28/08/09 13:07, wynndale at lavabit.com wrote:
>> 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?

You wouldn't. The tagging scheme above is for the *way* between the two 
gate nodes. That way will already have e.g. "name=Grand Union" so you 
need a lock_name tag to avoid a clash.

Gerv





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