Except of course, when the boundary is disputed, then there might be overlap and possibly even holes of no man's land?
Polyglot 2018-03-12 13:41 GMT+01:00 Dave F <davefoxfa...@btinternet.com>: > OK, I understand what you're trying to highlight, but don't see it as > relevant to this thread. > But anyway, the "boundary between two countries" can be distinguished as > they'll have two relations with boundary data whereas "the high seas" > boundary will only have one. > > DaveF. > > On 12/03/2018 00:17, Christoph Hormann wrote: > >> On Monday 12 March 2018, Dave F wrote: >> >>> and it would not distinguish between the outer boundaries (towards >>>> the high seas) >>>> and the boundaries between two countries. >>>> >>> Unsure what you mean. Could you elaborate, Example? >>> >>> Sure: >> >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/96104334 >> >> is an outer maritime boundary at 12 mile distance from the baseline >> separating the territorial waters from the high seas. >> >> OTOH >> >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/54749533 >> >> is a maritime boundary between two countries. >> >> You might say this difference is not of practical importance for data >> users but there are for example many maps which generally do not show >> the first type of boundary but which do show (at least partly) the >> second type of boundary. Like this: >> >> http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia16/denmark_sm_2016.gif >> >> You can of course determine this difference from the spatial >> relationship of the boundary relations. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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