[Tagging] Beaches

M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Mon Apr 12 15:27:30 BST 2010


2010/4/12 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> On 12 April 2010 09:09, Steve Doerr <steve.doerr at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> Sand is not a necessary element of a beach in any case. In fact, the
>> original meaning of 'beach' was: 'The loose water-worn pebbles of the
>> sea-shore; shingle.'
>
> All this means is that sand is assumed, since natural=beach renders as
> a yellow colour. To be able to accurately tag beaches, natural=beach
> needs a sub-type to modify the default, surface=* might be a suitable
> option.

+1
another one would be to generally introduce "landcover" and use this
orthogonally to landuse. I personally think that surface could well be
used for all kind of surfaces, be it roads, areas of all kind oder
others.


cheers,
Martin




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