[OSM-dev] Coastline generalization tool and data

[Stefan Ziegler]

Hello,

> From: Christoph Hormann <chris_hormann at gmx.de>

> First properly dealing with both thin stripes of land and water is 
> exactly what my approach tries to do - you can see this quite well at 
> the Dardanelles where enlargement of the strait is made primarily to 
> the south since the northern shore is a thin strip of land.  In 
> contrast to that enlargement of the Bosphorus is symmetrical.

If you look at the island Usedom in the Baltic Sea (Northeast Germany, near Poland): it is connected to mainland.
Usedom is really difficult with small stripes of water between island and mainland.
  
> Christoph Hormann
> http://www.imagico.de/

Stefan Ziegler.