[OSM-talk] Quay

[Malcolm Herring]

On 26/01/2015 19:23, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
> man_made=quay anyone ?

To quote the IHO dictionary:

"quay. A WHARF approximately parallel to the SHORELINE and accommodating 
ships on one side only, the other side
being attached to the SHORE. It is usually of solid construction, as 
contrasted with the open pile construction usually
used for PIERS."

So yes, your reasoning is correct & that section of the coastline that 
forms the quay could indeed be tagged "man_made=quay".

Might it be a good idea to raise this issue in the tagging list?