[Tagging] Difference between lighthouses and beacons

[Philip Barnes]

On Fri, 2018-01-19 at 10:49 +0000, Janko Mihelić wrote:
> I think the border between lighthouses and beacons can only be fuzzy,
> we can never make a clear line. We can have a few pointers like
> "living quarters, big in size", but nothing set in stone. And that is
> ok because their purpose is the same, so some overlaping is not a
> problem. But I believe we do want to differentiate between this:

Lighthouses also flash, or at least the lens rotates giving each a
unique signature from which they can be identified by ships.


Beacons will tend to give a steady light.
Phil (trigpoint)
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