[OSM-talk] coastline accuracy?

Cartinus cartinus at xs4all.nl
Wed Apr 29 13:39:26 BST 2009


On Wednesday 29 April 2009 12:48:06 Alice Kaerast wrote:
> And remember the coastline should show the mid-tide level.

No, it should show the high-tide level. Most coastline data in OSM is based on 
PGS data, which shows the high-tide level.

See: 
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Anatural%3Dcoastline#Tidal_position>

-- 
m.v.g.,
Cartinus




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