Key:waterbody:name

The waterbody:name=* tag is used on

• waterway=* ways to indicate the name of the body of water the waterway flows through
• leisure=slipway or waterway=access_point nodes to indicate the body of water accessed by the feature

Background

Water bodies such as ponds, lakes, and reservoirs often have have a number of related including

• Waterways that flow through the water body
• Slipways and access points that allow people to access the water body for recreational purposes.

Tagging the names of the water bodies on the features enables a few use cases.

• Water-based routers can give instructions like "paddle 400 meters down Trout Brook through Mill Pond," or "portage down Town Dock Road and access Mill Pond."
• Renderers can create label center lines for water bodies using the geometry of the waterways.
• Renderers can show meta-data about which water body is accessed by the access points and slipways without complex logic to deduce the information.

How to map

The tagging for waterbody:name=* tags follows the same pattern as for name=* tags. For example, you can tag a French name as waterbody:name:fr=*.

The content of waterbody:name=* tags should match the name=* tags of the referenced water body. If there are multiple waterways contained in the same water body, give them all the same waterbody:name=* values. If a waterway flows through a named bay, split the waterway at the bay's mouth and use the bay's name for waterbody:name=*.

Examples

• 1254358763 1254358763 – Curlis Lake centerline
• 809693785 809693785 – Raystown Branch Juniata River through Raystown Lake
• 37788881 37788881 – Hudson River through the Tappan Zee
• 1237364974 1237364974 – Hyde Bay centerline in Otesgo Lake
• 4777840092 4777840092 – Paddling and ice skating access to Great Pond

See also

• waterway:name=* – used on water bodies to indicate the name of the enclosed waterway