[Tagging] Beaches

[Lennard]

On 11-4-2010 0:50, Roy Wallace wrote:

> city, to me, that's pretty clearly landuse=beach. But in Australia
> sand, is frequently dumped on beaches bordering the sea, to "top up"
> the sand for the tourists. At what point would that change from
> natural=beach to landuse=beach?

Not just for tourists, but another major reason is for coastal protection.

Really, we humans sculpt and mold large swaths of our environment. Why 
should the distinction between 'natural' and 'landuse' cause so much 
aggravation and discussion?

Why are you even concerned that one area should be natural=beach because 
you think nobody ever touched it (tell that to the kid with a bucket and 
shovel), while another entirely similar looking area should be 
landuse=beach, just because it has been fortified and "topped up"?

A beach is a beach is a beach. Agree on a tag and use it. Subtag away 
all you want, with surface, operator, note, what-have-you.

-- 
Lennard