Proposal:Sluice gate
| Sluice Gate | |
|---|---|
| Proposal status: | Draft (under way) |
| Proposed by: | pnorman |
| Tagging: | waterway=flow_control |
| Applies to: |  ,  , 
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| Definition: | A flow control device |
| Statistics: |
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| Rendered as: | Icon |
| Draft started: | 2011-01-02 |
| RFC start: | 2011-01-16 |
Proposal
There is no current way to tag sluice gates and discharge points.
Sluice gates
Sluice gates are often used in agricultural areas to control water flow from rivers to other waterways. In some cases, sluice gates are in pairs with one on either side of a dike. (See wikipedia:Sluice.)
See [[1]] for an aerial photograph
![[1]](http://maps.paulnorman.ca/sluicegate.png){kind=link}
Discharge point
Rationale
Representing a ditch as continuing to the river does not capture the flow control nature of the sluice gate.
Examples
See linked pictures above.
Tagging
Like other values in waterway=* sluice gates and discharge points are features in the waterway.
Use waterway=flow_control flow_control=sluice_gate for sluice gates and waterway=flow_control flow_control=discharge for discharge points.
Applies to
A node on the waterway way, a way spanning across the waterway or a closed way describing the entire area of the flow control device
Features/pages affected
Comments
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