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[Dave F]

OK, I understand what you're trying to highlight, but don't see it as 
relevant to this thread.
But anyway, the "boundary between two countries" can be distinguished as 
they'll have two relations with boundary data whereas "the high seas" 
boundary will only have one.

DaveF.

On 12/03/2018 00:17, Christoph Hormann wrote:
> On Monday 12 March 2018, Dave F wrote:
>>> and it would not distinguish between the outer boundaries (towards
>>> the high seas)
>>> and the boundaries between two countries.
>> Unsure what you mean. Could you elaborate, Example?
>>
> Sure:
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/96104334
>
> is an outer maritime boundary at 12 mile distance from the baseline
> separating the territorial waters from the high seas.
>
> OTOH
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/54749533
>
> is a maritime boundary between two countries.
>
> You might say this difference is not of practical importance for data
> users but there are for example many maps which generally do not show
> the first type of boundary but which do show (at least partly) the
> second type of boundary.  Like this:
>
> http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia16/denmark_sm_2016.gif
>
> You can of course determine this difference from the spatial
> relationship of the boundary relations.
>