Tag:waterway=sluice_gate

A sluice gate is a gate that can be moved up and down to control the flow of water.

How to map

• Draw a node or draw a way on the barrage gate and add waterway=sluice_gate.

Seamark tags

• seamark:type=gate
• seamark:gate:category=sluice

See also

• Proposed features/sluice gate proposing waterway=flow_control
• waterway=valve + valve=gate was also proposed
• waterway=lock_gate – A gate of a lock (a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways)
• waterway=weir – A barrier built across a river, stream or canal to regulate water levels where water may flow over the top depending on the water level and height adjustment of the weir in case of movable weirs
• waterway=debris_screen – A grate filtering floating debris (like logs), while letting water flow freely

Possible tagging mistakes

More details at taginfo

More details at taginfo

• waterway=sluice🔎

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External links

• https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=66728 – Discussion on Belgian Forum where this and waterway=flow_control + flow_control=sluice_gate was proposed
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sluice