<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Dear Stefano,<div><br></div><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite">Accepting the tag landuse=port would improve the detailed tagging of port<br>areas, for example to tell apart container terminals (easily<br>distinguishable from satellite imagery) from passenger terminals and so on.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Thank you very much for your good strucutured and very detailed proposal. I think it's a good idea to clearly map the port infrastructures, and also to harmonize between OpenStreetmap and OpenSeaMap. </div><div><br></div><div>What I just do not understand is the basic relation between "harbour" and "port". According to <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dharbour">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dharbour</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Port</b>: An administrative area that encloses a harbour area,
including the seaward approaches and all land facilities within its
jurisdiction.<br>
<b>Harbour</b>: The sheltered waters within a port area. They are usually enclosed by moles, breakwaters, quays or natural land features.</div><div><br></div><div>=> So I would expect being "port" a big area around a smaller area which is "harbour".</div><div><br></div><div>In your Proposal, you write: </div><div><br></div><div><p>Harbour: A natural or artificially improved body of water providing
protection for vessels, and generally anchorage and docking facilities.
</p><p>Port: A place provided with terminal and transfer facilities for
loading and discharging cargo or passengers, usually located in a
harbour.</p><p><br></p><p>=> So this would imply that "port" is a individual facility inside a "harbour". </p><div><br></div></div><div>I'm not sure yet which of the two makes more sense, is better to describe a harbour, or is closer to the general meaning of the terms. But I really would think it a pity to introduce such a fundamental contradiction in a new proposal.</div><div><br></div><div>Any Suggestions???</div><div><br></div><div>Nounours77</div></body></html>