[Tagging] Beaches

[Cartinus]

On Thursday 08 April 2010 22:00:54 John Smith wrote:
> From http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beach
>
> > "Beach areas should always meet with a natural=coastline way. Do not use
> > this tag for patches of sand/gravel which are not by a coastline. Note
> > that the natural=coastline should ideally be positioned at the average
> > high tide line, which may mean the beach is quite small or not mapped at
> > all in fact."
>
> By this logic wouldn't the beach cover from the average high tide line
> to the average low tide line?

No. The beach is above the high tide line.

For everyone who has never seen the sea ....

Commonly a sandy beach consists of a dry part with loose sand above the high 
tide line and a wet part with compact sand between the low and high tide 
lines. What the wiki is trying to say, is that you should map the dry part.

-- 
m.v.g.,
Cartinus