<div dir="ltr"><div>While mapping recently, I spotted a number of these spread through a nearby complex of man-made, fresh-water lakes:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-28.0531823,153.4119481,49m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en">https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-28.0531823,153.4119481,49m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/FCaDX7u5oou17L5x9">https://goo.gl/maps/FCaDX7u5oou17L5x9</a></div><div><br></div><div>(As always, Google images are used only to show things, not for mapping)</div><div><br></div><div>Asked Council what they are for & they advise that they are moored, floating rafts, used to grow reeds & other aquatic plants, which are anchored in front of storm-water drains so as to improve water quality.</div><div><br></div><div>So what would we call them?</div><div><br></div><div>TI says that leisure=raft is used twice (once as "yes" & the other as "designated"), but these aren't for leisure purposes.</div><div><br></div><div>There's a seamark type "
Marine farm/culture":
<i>An assemblage of cages, nets, rafts and floats or posts where fish, including shellfish, are artificially cultivated.</i> Not really?</div><div><br></div><div>landuse=aquaculture <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Daquaculture">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Daquaculture</a> is again really about farming, rather than just growing?</div><div><br></div><div>natural=islet + natural=wetland (even though they're man-made), together with one of the wetland= <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dwetland">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dwetland</a> - marsh / reedbed / fen? & also managed=yes?</div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?<br>
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</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Thanks<div><br></div><div>Graeme</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>