Jack I have tried various systems for this one. At present I favour tagging two nodes - one for each gate (or multiples of 2 for complex locks e.g. Vale Royal where there are two parallel locks, each with - of course - two gates), isolating the section of canal between and giving this the tags name= and ref= . I have no strong opinion - beyond wishing to record the name and number of the lock - and would be interested in other views. Not keen on using name_1 - prefer the ref= tag.
Not quite clear whether you add identical name= and ref= to each of the two gates? On a related canal issue, I have a problem with deciding how to tag a canal bridge as a segment of a way. The way will often already have name= and ref= tags as a highway; but I want to add a name= and ref= tag for the canal bridge. Not keen on name_1 or ref_1 - any better ideas? I did wonder about adding a node in the middle of the bridge and then tagging this with the canal bridge information and reserving the name and ref tags for the highway segment. Mike Harris > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Stringer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 27 August 2009 12:14 > To: Talk Openstreetmap > Subject: [OSM-talk] waterway=lock > > Just looking at Keepright and I can see loads of waterway=lock > > What is the preferred way to record the information? > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Dlock_gate > Shows to tag both ends of the lock. If there is a name just > to use name. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:lock > Says to tag either both ends or just use a single node. > > Problem I see is that there are 2 ways to name a lock and 2 > ways to indicate one exists. > > For example, > waterway=lock_gate > name=Withrington Bottom Lock > > or > > lock=yes > lock_name=Withrington Bottom Lock > > I have then seen people use name_1=5 to tell you the lock number. > > I would suggest, > waterway=lock_gate > name=Withrington Bottom Lock > ref=5 > > Discuss... > > > > Jack Stringer > > > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
