Seamarks/Topmarks and Daymarks
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Topmarks and daymarks
The tags defined on this page will render in various nautical charts.
This page defines values for the seamark:topmark:shape and seamark:daymark:shape tags and other attributes applied to these objects.
Shapes
| Shape (TOPSHP) | seamark:topmark:shape seamark:daymark:shape |
Usage | Rendering |
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| Solid cone with vertex uppermost | cone, point up | Starboard lateral marks | 
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| Solid cone with vertex lowermost | cone, point down | Port lateral marks | 
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| Single sphere | sphere | Safe water marks | 
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| Two spheres mounted one above the other | 2 spheres | Isolated danger marks | 
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| Cylinder (can) mounted vertically | cylinder | Lateral port marks | 
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| Rectangular board | board | 
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| Cross mounted with arms diagonally | x-shape | Special purpose marks | 
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| Cross mounted with arms horizontal and vertical | cross | Wrecks | 
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| Cube mounted with a vertex uppermost | cube, point up | ||
| Two vertical cones with their vertices adjacent | 2 cones point together | West cardinal marks | 
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| Two vertical cones with their bases adjacent | 2 cones base together | East cardinal marks | 
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| Rhombus (diamond) | rhombus | 
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| Two vertical cones with both vertices uppermost | 2 cones up | Cardinal north marks | 
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| Two vertical cones with both vertices lowermost | 2 cones down | Cardinal south marks | 
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| Bundle of twigs tied at top | besom, point up | Lateral starboard perch | 
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| Bundle of twigs tied at bottom | besom, point down | Lateral port perch | 
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| flag | |||
| sphere over rhombus | |||
| Equilateral rectangle with sides horizontal and vertical | square | 
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| rectangle, horizontal | |||
| rectangle, vertical | |||
| trapezium, up | |||
| trapezium, down | |||
| Triangle with vertex uppermost | triangle, point up | 
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| Triangle with vertex lowermost | triangle, point down | 
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| circle | |||
| 2 upright crosses | |||
| t-shape | |||
| triangle, point up over circle | |||
| upright cross over circle | |||
| rhombus over circle | |||
| circle over triangle, point up | |||
| other |
Other attributes
| Attribute | seamark:topmark:<attribute> seamark:daymark:<attribute> |
Wiki page |
|---|---|---|
| Colour (COLOUR) | colour | Colours |
| Colour Pattern (COLPAT) | colour_pattern | Colours |
| Attribute | seamark:daymark:<attribute> | Wiki Page |
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| Category (CATSPM) | category | Special purpose marks |
References
OSM seamark resources
- Seamark tag values(en)
- Seamark objects(en)
- Seamark attributes(en)
- Categories of objects(en)
- INT-1 cross reference(en)
- Inland waterway notice marks (CEVNI)(en)
- Inland waterway lateral marks (CEVNI)(en)
External sources
- S-101 ENC/iENC registry (iho.int), the ENC Data Classification and Encoding Guide (DCEG) can be downloaded as zipped PDF, online access to symbols in Portrayal Register
- International nautical chart symbol legend (Chart INT-1, NOAA)
- Encoding Guide for Inland ENCs (openecdis.org, 2018), an international standard of the Inland ENC Harmonization Group is currently in development (IEHG Publication S-401, 2019)
- European Code for Inland Waterways (CEVNI), (UNECE, Fifth revised version 2015)
- European Code for Signs and Signals on Inland Waterways (SIGNI), (UNECE Resolution N0. 90, 2018)