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turning_point back to Key:waterway

Description: A place to turn the driving direction for vessels, where the boats are longer than the river/canal is wide. Google definition User discussion

Element: help

Useful combination: name=* ref=*

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Used combinations in: Europe France Germany Italy Netherlands Spain Turkey Great-Britain Switzerland

Description

A place to turn the driving direction for vessels, where the boats are longer than the river/canal is wide.

How to map

Simply add a node to the waterway at the point where boats can turn and add the tag waterway=turning_point to it. If the turning point has a special name add it with name=*.