[talk-au] Coastline and beaches

2013-01-08 Thread Brett Russell
Hi Looking as always to get better at OSM and read up on beaches and coastlines. Noticed that coastlines need care so not inclined to play with them too much but a question on the relationship to a beach. Ideally one side of the beach ends in water so should the beach be linked to the coast

Re: [talk-au] Coastline and beaches

2013-01-08 Thread Brett Russell
Hi Andrew Assuming that I am reading OSM instructions correct the beach is suppose to only extend to the high water mark so the coastline and beach should have a one to one relationship on the water side. But then I have been wrong before with OSM. Cheers From: andrew.harv...@gmail.com

Re: [talk-au] Coastline and beaches

2013-01-08 Thread James Livingston
On 8 January 2013 20:32, Brett Russell brussell...@live.com.au wrote: Assuming that I am reading OSM instructions correct the beach is suppose to only extend to the high water mark so the coastline and beach should have a one to one relationship on the water side. But then I have been wrong

Re: [talk-au] Coastline and beaches

2013-01-08 Thread Brett Russell
Hi I agree that it makes sense to have the coastline at low tide mark with a tidal zone area before the beach but accept that people's opinions on what is a beach differ. I will stick with the approach that coastline is high water mark but as mentioned how you do this from Bing is hit and