Tag:waterway=lock_gate

waterway = 
Description
A gate of a lock Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: waterways
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
Status: de facto
More details at taginfo
Tools for this tag

A gate of a lock. (A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways by raising and lowering the water level in a fixed chamber.)

How to map

Simply add two nodes node to the waterway at the points where the top/bottom gate is located and add the tag waterway= to both of them. Direction of the waterway should be downstream (from top to bottom gate).

It is also possible to map the exact location of lock gate using a way way.

The mapping of a lock and its components is described on the page lock=*.

Examples

Picture/Description Tags OSM Carto
two ways with the tag:

waterway=

All features of a lock

1. Lock
Separate the way way of the waterway=* at the two lock gates. Mark the newly created section with
2. Lock chamber
3. Gate of a lock
  • Draw the lock gate with a line way and add waterway=.
4. Channel or river
5. Riverbank

Seamark tags

See also

  • barrier=coupure - a closable cut through a floodwall or a dyke
  • waterway=sluice_gate - A movable gate to control water flow
  • seamark:type=gate - Gate on a waterway (A structure that may be swung, drawn, or lowered to block an entrance or passageway.)
  • lock=* - for the lock basin (Marks a stretch of waterway bounded by lock gates, forming a lock)
  • Seamarks/Gates
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