On Wed, 2020-12-23 at 09:55 -0800, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > 3) Archipelagos are partially cultural concepts but most often > represent island groups which are close together and share a > geological origin, as well as a human-created name. In OpenStreetMap > they are mapped as multipolygon relations which contain each island's > coastline, so this is quite precise and verifiable by visiting the > area in person and asking the local people the name of the island > group or chain.
I believe that your statement is verifiably false. Take for example Stockholm archipelago, it is estimated to contain somewhere around 24.000 islands and has no official boundaries. You could well travel around the edges and ask the local people whether or not a specific island belongs to the Stockholm archipelago or not and get a different answer depending on who you ask. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
