Tag:route=ferry

+/- route=ferry Description ferry routes Used on these elements Useful combination name=* operator=* ref=* motorcar=* foot=* hgv=* Used combinations in World Australia/Oceania Europe (list) Asia (list) Central America (list) South America (list) Africa (list) Status Undefined

Displays the route of a ferry on sea.

Contents 1 How to map 2 Tags to use in combination 3 Related tags 4 Rendering

How to map

Use the route=ferry tag to show the route of a ferry. You can either use the tag a single way drawn along the whole route, or on a relation containing several ways joined end-to-end.

The relation approach is more complicated and is often not necessary for showing basic ferry routes. It is useful for very long ferry routes, or routes which need to share some ways which are denoting other features (e.g. other ferry routes) The relation approach is standard across other types of transportation routes. See Relations/Routes and some more details on Cycle routes for example.

Please remember to connect each end of the ferry route to a way on land. Do not combine two different parts of the route when approaching land. The ways should be drawn like the letter V and not like the letter Y with the bottom connected to a way on land. In other words a ferry port, pier or harbour receiving several ferry routes, should have each of these routes separately drawn in and connected into it. This is important to ensure functional routing. The connection should be on a node shared with the coastline.

When mapping ferry routes, remember that a very simplified way should do. No need to use every point from your gps.

Tags to use in combination

If you are using a relation, this should always have a 'type' tag, in this case type=route

Access restriction tags can be used to mark the type of ferry, such as:

• hgv=no - No. The ferry does not allow heavy goods vehicles (freight lorries)
• motorcar=yes - Yes. The ferry does allow motorcars
• foot=yes - Yes. The ferry does allow foot passengers.
• access=* - See this the access key for other access restriction tags. Also see Map Features#Restrictions

Other possible combo tags:

• operator=* - for the the name of the operator of a ferry route
• name=* - for the name of a ferry route
• ref=* - for a reference number/code of a ferry route.
• duration=* for indicating how long the route takes ('5' minutes, '1:15' an hour fifteen, or '48:00' two days)

Related tags

• amenity=ferry_terminal - for a ferry terminal.
• man_made=pier for ferry stops on a pier.
• Harbour - Describes many tags in and around a harbour/port.

Rendering

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