On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, John Smith wrote: > From http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beach > > > "Beach areas should always meet with a natural=coastline way. Do not use > > this tag for patches of sand/gravel which are not by a coastline. Note > > that the natural=coastline should ideally be positioned at the average > > high tide line, which may mean the beach is quite small or not mapped at > > all in fact." > > By this logic wouldn't the beach cover from the average high tide line > to the average low tide line? > > Which brings up the next issue, how to determine the average high and > low tide lines from aerial imagery... >
Interesting that the wiki writer said that all beaches were on a coastline. Rivers here have beaches, and they have names like "Town Beach" (Tocumwal) "Wagga Beach" (Wagga Wagga). _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
