On 2016-02-16 17:26, Malcolm Herring wrote: > On 16/02/2016 14:26, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: > >> "môle" - which is a much better translation for "wharf" > > No it is not - a mole (also an english word) is a solid pier - it is > masonry/stone/concrete structure that is built on the seabed & has the > function of a pier. The important difference is that a mole projects from the > land like a pier, & is not part of the land like a wharf/quay.
>From what I just wen reading, it looks like you are right - alongside vs. perpendicular is the key. So is a mole a special sort of pier ? Then definition of "pier" in http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dpier is wrong, as it is not always "a raised walkway over water supported by pillars". So man_made=pier + pier=wharf, or man_made=pier + structure=masonry/stone/concrete or man_made=mole ?
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