[OSM-talk] Edit review: intermittent waters

[Phil Endecott]

Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 2012/5/29 Phil Endecott <spam_from_osm_talk at chezphil.org>:
>> No doubt at some point someone
>> decided that "lake:shore_length:miles=2" was a useful thing to record, and
>> you want to remove it. Â Why?
>
>
> because there is no such thing as a "shore length", it depends on the
> resolution. Aside from this there is also no tradition in OSM to
> record units in the key. So this particular key really doesn't seem to
> make any sense (the length of the shore in OSM-precision is already in
> the data geometry). See also here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox

This is of course true, and "Worst Fixer"'s table at 
http://worstfixer.000a.biz/04-intermittent/overview-short.html would 
benefit from a column giving a whole series of justifications like this 
for each of the proposed changes.


Regards,  Phil.