2014-11-05 12:11 GMT+01:00 Richard Z. <[email protected]>: > how is that clean, Lake Eerie is a lake, Caspian sea is a sea, Baikal > lake... >
Yes, Caspian Sea should be mapped as coastline, Baikal and Eerie not. If they aren't like this at the moment, then it might change (there is some fluctuation I have noticed in the past years, retagging forth and back) > > Even worse, some cross-broder water-bodies can be a lake in one language > and > sea in the other language on the other sea/lake-shore. > typical distinction: freshwater. There might be some exceptions but I guess they are very rare. > > From a practical pov I would prefer > * no distinction at all - or > * distinction based on approximate size and complexity > then you should probably aim at the introduction of a different tag to describe them (e.g. shoreline). cheers, Martin
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