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Marks a stretch of waterway bounded by lock gates, forming a lock. ![]() |
Group: Waterways |
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Status: approved![]() |
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A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways by raising and lowering the water level in a fixed chamber.
How to map
Small lock
- 1. Lock
- Separate the way
of the waterway=* at the two lock gates. Mark the newly created section with
- 2. Gate of a lock
- Place two nodes
on the main flow line (waterway=*), where the upper and lower sluice gate is located and mark both
- 3. Channel or river
Large lock
- 1. Lock
- Separate the way
of the waterway=* at the two lock gates. Mark the newly created section with
Tags used at the lock
- maxwidth=*
- maxlength=*
- draft=*
- lock_ref=*
- lock:height=*
- automated=yes
- self_service=yes
- opening_hours=*
- boat=*
- ship=*
- CEMT=*
- seamark:type=gate
Possible tagging mistakes
See also
- waterway=boat_lift - A boat lift
- waterway=dock - A dock
- waterway=security_lock - Flood barrier
- Marine Mapping
- OpenRiverboatMap
- Seamarks/Gates#Other Attributes
- lock on Wikipedia