The Great Lakes in North America are freshwater lakes that are tagged as coastline.
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Frank Steggink <stegg...@steggink.org>wrote: > No, the bridge, called Hollandse Brug, is not a dam, although the bridge > separates two waterbodies. The one to the northwest is called the > Markermeer, and the other one is called Gooimeer. > > https://www.google.nl/search?**q=hollandse+brug&ie=utf-8&oe=** > utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-**US:official&client=firefox-a<https://www.google.nl/search?q=hollandse+brug&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a> > > On the other hand, the Houtribdijk (dijk Enkhuizen-Lelystad) is a dam, but > that is not indicated by the coastline. See http://osm.org/go/0E7zb56--The > waterbody to the northeast is called the IJsselmeer (IJssel lake), and > to the southwest is the Markermeer again. > > I think that the big lakes (IJsselmeer and Markermeer) should be tagged as > coastline. They form a distinct part of the outline of the Netherlands. The > Gooimeer, and the other lakes bordering Flevoland (like Veluwemeer, etc.) > are not. > > Actually, that would be tagging for the renderer, which is bad. (The > bigger lakes are freshwater lakes.) Shouldn't coastlines be reserved for > the coasts of seas and oceans only? > > Frank > > > Quoting Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com>: > > 2012/10/3 Martin Vonwald <imagic....@gmail.com>: >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> Any reason why the coastline should go around a bridge? >>> >>> http://tools.geofabrik.de/**osmi/?view=coastline&lon=5.** >>> 13984&lat=52.32549&zoom=16&**opacity=0.55&overlays=** >>> coastline_error_lines,line_**not_a_ring,line_overlap,line_** >>> invalid,line_direction,**questionable,coastline_error_** >>> points,unconnected,**intersections,not_a_ring,**double_node,tagged_node<http://tools.geofabrik.de/osmi/?view=coastline&lon=5.13984&lat=52.32549&zoom=16&opacity=0.55&overlays=coastline_error_lines,line_not_a_ring,line_overlap,line_invalid,line_direction,questionable,coastline_error_points,unconnected,intersections,not_a_ring,double_node,tagged_node> >>> >> >> >> that's obviously nonsense :D, or is it a dam? >> >> cheers, >> Martin >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/tagging<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging> >> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/tagging<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging> >
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