On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 16:53 +1100, John Henderson wrote: > How about tagging boat ramps as: > > highway=service > service=boat_ramp > > I think a slipway is different from a boat ramp. I know a slipway as a > track (perhaps with rollers) for launching boats and for winching them > ashore for repairs.
I think slipway is the British term. From the leisure=slipway wiki page: >> A slipway is a ramp into the water for launching a boat. In Australia >> they are referred to as boat ramps. In the US they are often referred >> to as boat landings as well as boat ramps. >> They are typically simply a concrete ramp at the end of an access >> road or track into the water. The boat owner backs a vehicle with a >> boat trailer down the ramp until the trailer is in the water and >> floats the boat off. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
