Hi, it appears that once again mappers are in diasgreement about how to map the Rio de la Plata, here
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=8/-35.154/-56.310 This is a disagreement that had already flared up three years ago, and is now coming back. According to Wikipedia, the International Hydrographic Organization defines the eastern boundary of the Río de la Plata as "a line joining Punta del Este, Uruguay and Cabo San Antonio, Argentina", which is what has been the case in OSM until now: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/186710973 (the coastline across the "mouth" of the "river") and https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3474227 (the "river") This current representation in OSM leads to a few strange situations especially in toolchains/map styles that use different colours for inland water and oceans, or that draw sea depths, or just highlight the coastline. Buenos Aires, according to OSM, is currently not a coastal city. One of the involved mappers who aligned the coastline more closely with the coast wrote (https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/79201390) "I believe this is inline with guidance (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural=coastline)". I'm not so clear about how to interpret the wiki page myself when it comes to river mouths. There's a clarifying proposal here https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_Features/Coastline-River_transit_placement but this is still at the proposal stage. Opinions? Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
