On 16/01/18 19:34, Malcolm Herring wrote:
The main point that I was trying to make is that a simple pile or lattice tower with a light on top should not be tagged as man_made=lighthouse, but man_made=beacon.
Not always. A lighthouse is a structure housing a major marine navigation light. What a major light is less clear but usually has a nominal range of 15 nmi or more.
This https://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/photos/Australia2/EmeryPointNT.jpg is Emery Point Lighthouse. It has a nominal range of 19 nmi and is a major light.
Alternatively you can use the wiki definition for man_made=lighthouse; which is that any tower carrying a navigation light is a lighthouse. Only problem is that some lighthouses like this Canadian example:
http://www.brucebaycottages.com/fileman/Uploads/Images/mckay-island-lighthouse-bbc.jpg wouldn't be a lighthouse as it's not a tower. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
