[talk-au] sydney edit natural=bay

[Andrew Harvey]

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Ian Sergeant <inas66+osm at gmail.com> wrote:
> I see the author's point, that if you go up and down the coast, it is hard
> to put a hard and fast rule on what is considered a bay, and what isn't. 
>
> I also see your point, though, that most people wouldn't consider Port
> Jackson and Pittwater as bays, and I don't think we do anybody any favours
> by going for technical consistency at the expense of what is commonly
> understood.
>
> Is this distinction really significant in any way?  Does anything really
> distinguish between water and bays?

It isn't easy to classify them, but I do think that it would be
beneficial to have most if not all of these
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_water represented somehow. Even if
that is natural=water, water=foobar

I don't think it is far to compare it to "water" as that isn't really a
classification as per the wikipedia list.

But also some can be inferred. Eg. if the water is bordered by a beach
and it curves round it is probably a bay.

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