Re: [OSM-talk] Port Examples, Please? (Piers, Sand Piers, Sand Breaks, Port Areas small and large)

2013-08-30 Thread Janko Mihelić
Those two "piers" on the beach port are actually man_made=breakwater. They are used to shelter the beach from winds and waves. I would map them as an area, sharing the nodes of the coastline. As for the beach, I would just draw an area around it, and tag it as a natural=beach. Maybe someone could

[OSM-talk] Port Examples, Please? (Piers, Sand Piers, Sand Breaks, Port Areas small and large)

2013-08-29 Thread Alex Rollin
Hello, I am mapping a small fishing area. The area has 2 beaches where they park boats, and then a small port with 2 piers. One of the beaches is protected by 2 sand piers. I ran into confusion when it came to the sand piers in the smaller beach port area, and then there's larger cement piers i