“simply map them by what they're called Cape Agulhas is a =cape, Cape York Peninsula is a =peninsula.”
That only works in English (and closely-related languages). This would also lead to multiple tags like natural=headland, natural=point etc for the same feature; not helpful for database users and confusing for mappers. I agree with Christoph, natural=cape should be tagged on a node to represent an extreme point of land, such as a cape, headland, point etc. Peninsula should mean an area of land near the coast that is mostly surrounded by water, as the etymology shows (“pen-insula” = “almost-island”) Some names capes, like “Cape Cod” in Massachusetts, can be tagged with a natural=cape node at the point that extends furthest into the water. This is useful for nautical charts and mapping the coastline. But “Cape Cod” is also a long, thin peninsula, and this could also be mapped with a node at the center of the area of land. But the natural=cape of “Land’s End” in Cornwall, England probably is only a natural=cape at the extreme point, since the whole Cornwall peninsula is not called Land’s End (if I understood English geography correctly) Some peninsulas will be called something else, like Point Reyes in California. The name isn’t important for the definition. Joseph On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 9:21 AM Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 at 09:26, Christoph Hormann <o...@imagico.de> wrote: > >> On Saturday 19 January 2019, Markus wrote: >> >> > By the way, i measured a few dozen of >> > points/capes/headlands/peninsulas of Brittany. Most either have an >> > area of about 0.1–0.5 km² (they are usually called pointes 'points') >> > or > 1.5 km² (called capes 'capes' or presqu'îles 'peninsulas'), so >> > the 1 km² limit doesn't seem to be that bad, but could also be >> > halved. >> >> Frankly i don't even remotely follow your argument here. Maybe it would >> help if you could tell me how to determine the area of the capes i >> previously used as examples: >> > > I'd suggest don't worry about their "size" & simply map them by what > they're called Cape Agulhas is a =cape, Cape York Peninsula is a =peninsula. > > Smaller features, such as > Burleigh Headland https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/-28.0932/153.4591 > , > Point Danger https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/-28.1650/153.5530, & > Southport Spit https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-27.9567/153.4276 > could all also be mapped as =cape (although the Spit should possibly be an > =isthmus? {which doesn't actually exist yet!})) > > Thanks > > Graeme > > > S > > >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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