On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Markus_g <marku...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Well at the moment it isn't rendering correctly as there is no coastline > across the entrance. I see you've fix that now.
> Well to be tagged as natural=water it should be a body of standing water, > such as a lake or pond. > > To be tagged as natural=bay it should be an area of water mostly surrounded > or otherwise demarcated by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the > surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often > reducing winds. It can also be an inlet in a lake or pond. > > I think it should be a bay or coastline. > > If I am unsure I use the following source to decide, but others may have > different reasons to tag certain ways. > > > http://www.ga.gov.au/place-name/ > > > It lists the feature code for Port Hacking as a bay. > > http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=78217# > Okay, I'm happy with bay now. I've split off some of the other bays (http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6103886), I wasn't sure if these should also form part of the mulitpolygon as well as outer. Also it seems the main boundary for Port Hacking is a way traced from Yahoo, it is close to the ABS administrative boarder, I was wondering if we should just place the Port Hacking boarder on the ABS boundary. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au