Key:boat

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Boating restrictions.jpg
Description
Access permission for boats Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: restrictions
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
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Status: de facto

Legal access restriction for boats. In the sense of OSM these are small boats and pleasure crafts, including yachts, canoes and rowing boats.

In CEVNI (European Code for Inland Waterways, also used either formally or informally outside Europe, see Implementation document) small craft are defined as less than 20 m long.

See the hierarchy as mentioned in access=* for Water-based transportation:

  • boat=* (covers the following small boats and pleasure crafts, including yachts) A.1 Verbot der Durchfahrt und Sperrung der Schifffahrt.svg
    • motorboat=* (boats and yachts using motor, on way also for sailing boats using the motor*) A.12 Fahrverbot für Fahrzeuge mit Maschinenantrieb.svg
    • sailboat=* (boats and yachts using sails, on way doing way with sail, not using the motor*) A.15 Fahrverbot für Segelfahrzeuge.svg
    • canoe=* (boats without sail or motor, such as dinghies, canoes, kayaks, rowboats etc.) A.16 Fahrverbot.svg
  • ship=* for larger ships

* according to the definition of the Colreg and CEVNI)


The tag is also used to indicate if a river is practically navigable or not for boats, however, this is ambiguous, as it does not provide any information about the boat types for which this is valid. Access limitations can however also be constituted by legislation which might refer to on-the-ground factors factors such as date, water level, or damage to the surroundings caused by using the waterway.

Values

  • boat=no – Access by this transport mode is not permitted, they don't have a right of way.
  • boat=yes – The public have official, legally-enshrined right of access, i.e. it's a right of way.
  • boat=private – The owner may give permission on an individual basis.
  • boat=permissive – The owner gives general permission for access.
  • boat=designated – The route is marked as being a preferred route, usually for a specific vehicle type or types.
  • List of possible values with descriptions: see Key:access
  • All used values on Taginfo

See also


International regulations

  • Colreg Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
  • CEVNI United Nations - ECE- European code for inland waterways