Tag:leisure=slipway
 leisure = slipway
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A slipway: a ramp for launching a boat into water 
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A slipway is a ramp into the water for launching a boat. Sometimes referred to as boat ramp, boat landing or boat launch.
They are typically simply a concrete ramp at the end of an access road or track into the water. The boat owner backs a vehicle with a boat trailer down the ramp until the trailer is in the water and floats the boat off. Larger boat ramps may include winding gear and cranes for handling larger vessels that might be trucked in.
- For places without an accessible ramp where a boat (canoe/kayak/stand up paddleboard/row boat/paddle-craft) is carried to and from the water
waterway=access_pointis used instead.
- For places without an accessible ramp where a boat is launched by a crane
man_made=craneis used instead.
How to map
A typical mapping might be to make a short highway=service way to the water's edge and make the final node a leisure=slipway. The highway=service that is part of the physical slipway is often further refined with a service=slipway. Keep in mind though that this does not replace leisure=slipway, mapped as a node on the end of that way.
Some mappers instead tag the whole way as leisure=slipway without using a highway=* tag, or sometimes in combination with highway=service (here service=slipway can be applied as well as above).
Do not tag both the node and the way with leisure=slipway as this will result in two POI icons on the map.
Tags used in combination
access=*- To indicate who is allowed to use the slipway, typicallyaccess=yesoraccess=privatefee=*- To indicate whether or not a fee is required to use the slipwaysurface=*- To specify the surface of the slipway
Examples
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Small slipway into the sea. Feature of a Harbour -
Small slipway into a river -
Swanage lifeboat slipway
Swanage lifeboat slipway. A constructed ramp for rapid launch.
See also
- Harbour
- Whitewater sports
- WikiProject Canoe Maps
sport=sailingshop=boatshop=trailercanoe=put_inseamark:small_craft_facility:category=slipway
External links
- Slipway on Wikipedia