On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 at 10:42, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> “simply map them by what they're called Cape Agulhas is a =cape, Cape York > Peninsula is a =peninsula.” > > That only works in English (and closely-related languages). > But isn't OSM supposed to work in English (& British English at that)? :-) > This would also lead to multiple tags like natural=headland, natural=point > etc for the same feature; Why would it? If I've decided to go right round the coast of Australia & map all the capes, headlands etc & find one that someone has tagged as =point, I'm not going to also tag it as =headland. If it's existing tagging doesn't really suit eg the low, sandy Southport Spit is tagged as =headland, I'd probably change the tag, but I wouldn't put an extra one in. I agree with Christoph, natural=cape should be tagged on a node to > represent an extreme point of land, such as a cape, headland, point etc. > No argument! > Peninsula should mean an area of land near the coast that is mostly > surrounded by water, as the etymology shows (“pen-insula” = “almost-island”) > A reasonably sizable area, yes > Some names capes, like “Cape Cod” in Massachusetts, can be tagged with a > natural=cape node at the point that extends furthest into the water. This > is useful for nautical charts and mapping the coastline. But “Cape Cod” is > also a long, thin peninsula, and this could also be mapped with a node at > the center of the area of land. > That's right - either as a node or an area > But the natural=cape of “Land’s End” in Cornwall, England probably is only > a natural=cape at the extreme point, since the whole Cornwall peninsula is > not called Land’s End (if I understood English geography correctly) > Perfectly correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land%27s_End#/media/File:Cornwall_UK_mainland_location_map.svg "Land's End" is the cape which forms the western-most point of the Cornwall (Cornish?) Peninsula > Some peninsulas will be called something else, like Point Reyes in > California. & apparently Point Reyes is a cape at the tip of Point Reyes Peninsula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Reyes Thanks Graeme
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