Tag:man_made=ferry_cable

A ferry cable is a wire spun across a river in order to guide a ferry. Such a wire is not used for electric power supply of a ferry and it is grounded. However there exist a few ferries, which got their power from an overhead line. These lines are to be classified as minor_powerlines and the attributes for voltage, frequency and cable count should be set as for normal powerlines.

Strausseefähre in Straussberg, Germany. One of the few ferries, which is supplied with electricity by an overhead wire. It uses DC with a voltage of 170 volts and a single overhead wire

Draw a line representing the ferry cables, using the towers carrying the cable as nodes. Do not connect the ferry cable with the river it crosses and add an appropriate layer=* tag. Do not forget to mark the support structures as man_made=mast or man_made=tower.

Tags to use in combination

• operator=* - Operator of the ferry
• description=* - To provide additional information about the related element to the end map user.
• name=* - The primary name: in general, the most prominent signposted name or the most common name in the local language(s).

See also

• seamark:type=cable_overhead - Wires, fibres, wire rope or chains, passing over or nearby navigable waters.
• ferry:cable=* - A cable ferry, chain ferry, or reaction ferry is a ferry that is guided or propelled by cables connected to both shores.