Key:aerialway
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| Description: The aerialway tag is used to describe any kind of lifts. |
| Group: Aerialway |
| Element: help
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| Tagwatch: help |
Summary
Applying to Map Features type: Physical
The aerialway tag is used to describe any kind of lifts.
Core values
| Key | Value | Element | Comment | Rendering | Photo |
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| aerialway | cable_car | 
| A cabin or gondola cable car run. This includes aerial tramways (just a pair of big cars) as well as gondolas (many cars in a looped cable) | 
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| aerialway | chair_lift |
| An open chairlift run. These have a single seat to sit on and are open to the outside air. Beginners may struggle to get off them without making a fool of themselves! | 
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| aerialway | drag_lift |
| An overhead tow-line for skiers and riders, known as a T-bar lift, with a T shaped bit which skiers shove between your legs. More difficult and uncomfortable for snowboarders. drag_lift would also cover more simple looped rope drag lifts, or loops of wire with handles to grab | same as chair_lift |  |
| aerialway | User Defined | 
| see Tagwatch site for some other common used values as well |
This table is a wiki template with a default description in English. Editable here.
Rendering
Osmarender (Tiles@home) shows ski lifts. Mapnik currently does not.
Another example: Hoch y brig
