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<pre><tt>The present OSM wiki defintion for beach
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<pre><tt>is </tt>"Coastal beaches should be mapped down to the mean high water spring line (<tt style="background:#EEF;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><bdi style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:natural" title="Key:natural">natural</a></bdi>=<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dcoastline" title="Tag:natural=coastline"><bdi>coastline</bdi></a></tt>)"</pre>
<pre>(from <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural=beach">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural=beach</a>)</pre>
<pre>I think this is incorrect .. they should be mapped past the high water mark to the low water mark.
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<pre>I see a beach as the place where the sea meets the land .. and that includes the bit between hi and low water .. even the extremes of hi and low.</pre>
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<pre>References
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<pre><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach</a></pre>
<pre><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/beach">https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/beach</a> "<span class="ind">A pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks."</span></pre>
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<pre><span class="ind">Comments? Any that support the high water mark limit I'd be interested in seeing.
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