[OSM-talk] Beaches

[Iván Sánchez Ortega]

El Thursday 13 September 2007 11:04:06 Frederik Ramm escribió:
> Those of you having mapped beaches - how did you do it? If the
> coastline is the "mean high water mark", then a the portion of the
> beach that is nearly always accessible should be inside the
> coastline, and the portion that is only visible at low tide should be
> outside, right?

Yes, you're right.

You'll have the coastline (Mean High Water line), the shoreline (Mean Low 
Water line), and then an area delimiting the beach itself.

The beach usually will extend from the soreline, up to past the coastline.

(Disclaimer: I've not mapped beaches, but I've had a good look at 
http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/documents/egmspec3-0se.pdf )


Cheers,
-- 
Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivansanchez at escomposlinux.org>