[OSM-talk] How are coastlines created?

[David Groom]

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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I downloaded the geometry for the island of Aruba
> 
> X1--69.8126220675252
> X2--70.1181793184896
> Y1-12.6353132326461
> Y2-12.4020417764333
> 
> I had a look at it and the coastline is represented by linework. How is 
> this represented as a region element on the web maps?


http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Coastline   should answer your query

David

> 
> Thanks,
> Jerry