2010/4/12 John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com>: > On 12 April 2010 09:09, Steve Doerr <steve.do...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> Sand is not a necessary element of a beach in any case. In fact, the >> original meaning of 'beach' was: 'The loose water-worn pebbles of the >> sea-shore; shingle.' > > All this means is that sand is assumed, since natural=beach renders as > a yellow colour. To be able to accurately tag beaches, natural=beach > needs a sub-type to modify the default, surface=* might be a suitable > option.
+1 another one would be to generally introduce "landcover" and use this orthogonally to landuse. I personally think that surface could well be used for all kind of surfaces, be it roads, areas of all kind oder others. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
