Interesting idea, but since there's not a whole ton of ferry terminals worldwide, I don't know if it would be worthwhile to create a whole new highway=* tag just for this. I don't really mind the service=ferry tag; it would be less complicated in getting it to render.
-Compdude On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Clifford Snow <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Evin Fairchild <[email protected]>wrote: > >> When I made relations for all the state highways in Washington, I >> included the ferry routes and the ferry access roads in the highway route >> relation. I also have done some edits to ferry terminals, adding a way for >> each lane in the ferry waiting lot. This was previously done at some ferry >> terminals in BC. >> >> I agree with tagging the ferry terminal roads with service=ferry. > > > The service=ferry works for me, but I'd like to point out that it isn't > consistent with other highway tags linking different road segments. The > wiki describes motorway_link, primary_link, etc. Rather than describe the > normally short road segment as a service road, why not highway=ferry_link? > > service=ferry does have the advantage that the render wouldn't stumble. > > > > -- > Clifford > > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch >
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