Tag:man made=lighthouse

Building properties

Draw an area along the outline and tag it with man_made=lighthouse

Following tags also may be useful:

• height=*
• access=*
• wikipedia=*
• historic=yes
• ref=*
• name=*
• tourism=attraction
• tourism=viewpoint
• building=lighthouse

If mapping as areas in not feasible, map building as a node.

Navigational light properties

Main article: Seamarks/Lights

Operational navigational lights should be mapped as node and tagged using seamark:type=* tags (except rare situations lighthouses are seamark:type=light_major). If it's a sector light, every sector is described separately. The individual sectors are numbered. Every sector has a starting and an ending angle. If no angle is defined the light is visible from all directions: its angle is 360°.

Use for the attributes seamark:<object>:<number>:<attribute>=<value>

• seamark:type=light_major
  • seamark:light:1:category=* - Category Beacon as front, rear, upper, lower
  • seamark:light:1:character=* - Rhythm of light
  • seamark:light:1:colour=* - Colour of light
  • seamark:light:1:height=* - Height in meters
  • seamark:light:1:period=* - Period
  • seamark:light:1:sequence=* - Sequence
  • seamark:light:1:range=* - Radius in nautical miles, how far the signal can be in nominal terms
  • seamark:light:1:sector_start=* - Beginning of the sector
  • seamark:light:1:sector_end=* - End of the sector

Re-purposed and multi-purpose lighthouse buildings

Lighthouses are frequently very substantial buildings, and sometimes are reused for other purposes even if their navigational light is removed. Conversely, it's possible for an operational lighthouse to have other uses to the public beyond assisting navigation.

Tags such as tourism=viewpoint, tourism=museum, amenity=restaurant etc. may be added to the lighthouse object, or as separate nodes or areas inside it or nearby as appropriate.