It might be best to adapt the same language used in the access tag:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access Water-based transportation * access=* (category: any water-based transportation mode) * <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:boat> boat=* (covers small boats and pleasure crafts, including yachts) * <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:motorboat> motorboat=* (boats and yachts using motor, on <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Way> also for sailing boats using the motor) * <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:sailboat&action=edit&redlink=1> sailboat=* (boats and yachts using sails, on <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Way> doing way with sail, not using the motor (according to the definition of the Colreg)) * <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:canoe> canoe=* (boats without sail or motor, such as small dinghies, canoes, kayaks, etc.) So “canoe” is the generic term used for any such small boats, including kayaks. route=canoe seems fine in that case. maybe route=boat if it’s also suitable for motorboat or sailboat. From: Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> Sent: Sunday, 1 July 2018 08:29 To: tagging@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Tagging] Canoe route I'd like to suggest not creating a very specific tag like route=canoe, instead use something more general that would apply to more water crafts like kayaks, small boats, canoes, and rafts. route=marine_trail would be more fitting. Related tag could include motorized=(yes/no). Kayaking around my area is bigger than canoes with a number of trails in the area. Best, Clifford On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 2:40 PM Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com <mailto:pla16...@gmail.com> > wrote: On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 10:15 PM, Yves <yve...@mailbox.org <mailto:yve...@mailbox.org> > wrote: There is a way to avoid tagging the way with the route tag: whitewater:section_grade=0 See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Whitewater_sports#Grades I consent your canoe practice on a lake is perhaps far from 'whitewater' practice, but grade 0 describes a lake perfectly. And if the route follows a river with grade 1, then map it as such. Unless I misunderstand the wiki page, whitewater:section_grade is only documented as applying to waterway=river. There is nothing there implying it is valid to use it with anything other than rivers. Whereas route=* applies to any route which isn't rigidly defined: boat travel, aeroplanes, driving across a desert. Anywhere you need to join points A and B with a way that is not rigidly defined but merely a suggestion. Yes, you could modify the documentation so whitewater:section_grade also applies to lakes, oceans and seas but then you'd need to emphasise that grades higher than 0 must not be used on anything other than rivers. And it still doesn't apply to aircraft or driving across a desert or pistes. You're trying to bash a square peg into a round hole here, and doing so when somebody has already handed you a round peg of the correct size. -- Paul _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us <http://osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us> OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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