[OSM-talk] Coastlines

[Andy Street]

Hi,

I'm a newbie just starting out mapping for OSM. Some of the areas I
have been looking at are near the coast and when viewing these with
the Mapnik db layer the coastal shading is inaccurate with some land
shown in the darker colour. I opened up an area in JOSM and discovered
that some of the coastline was defined as a way while others were just
segments.

Before I begin editing can someone confirm that creating ways (tagged
natural=coastline) is the preferred way to define the coastline?

Thanks,

Andy