[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Port and terminals

[nounours77]

Dear Stefano,


> Accepting the tag landuse=port would improve the detailed tagging of port
> areas, for example to tell apart container terminals (easily
> distinguishable from satellite imagery) from passenger terminals and so on.


Thank you very much for your good strucutured and very detailed proposal. I think it's a good idea to clearly map the port infrastructures, and also to harmonize between OpenStreetmap and OpenSeaMap. 

What I just do not understand is the basic relation between "harbour" and "port". According to https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dharbour

Port: An administrative area that encloses a harbour area, including the seaward approaches and all land facilities within its jurisdiction.
Harbour: The sheltered waters within a port area. They are usually enclosed by moles, breakwaters, quays or natural land features.

=> So I would expect being "port" a big area around a smaller area which is "harbour".

In your Proposal, you write: 

Harbour: A natural or artificially improved body of water providing protection for vessels, and generally anchorage and docking facilities.

Port: A place provided with terminal and transfer facilities for loading and discharging cargo or passengers, usually located in a harbour.



=> So this would imply that "port" is a individual facility inside a "harbour". 


I'm not sure yet which of the two makes more sense, is better to describe a harbour, or is closer to the general meaning of the terms. But I really would think it a pity to introduce such a fundamental contradiction in a new proposal.

Any Suggestions???

Nounours77
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