Tag:barrier=boom

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Description
Using this tag is discouraged, use barrier=lift_gate or waterway=floating_barrier instead.
Group: barriers
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Status: deprecated

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This feature has been labeled as deprecated. The recommended replacement is: barrier=lift_gate or waterway=floating_barrier.
The reason is documented in Deprecated features. You are still free to continue to use or interpret this tag as you see fit since OpenStreetMap does not have “banned features”.
Under no circumstances should you (semi-)automatically change “deprecated” tags to something else in the database on a large scale without conforming to the automated edits code of conduct. Any such change will be reverted.

This tag is semantically confusing and should not be used. It was previously used for two different purposes:

  • On a way way to indicate a flexible barrier on water. Use waterway=floating_barrier instead.
  • More rarely, it was used on a node node to indicate a lift-gate across a highway or path. This was because in some dialects, a lifting road barrier is called a boom barrier. Use barrier=lift_gate instead.