Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: It seems some mappers go to the extreme opposite and map the coastline across the mouth of an estuary that is clearly part of the ocean:
Yes, they do this because it's fast and they may have other more pressing issues to deal with at the moment. It's also non-controversial in the sense that it's not actually "wrong", it's merely inaccurate. Someone with more time or motivation can come in later to do it more thoroughly. On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 6:40 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 9:22 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer < > dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> the coastline should represent the limit of the sea, in case of a river >> flowing in, people look at the level of salt in the water and whether the >> level of the river is influenced by tides (afaik) >> > > It seems some mappers go to the extreme opposite and map the coastline > across the mouth of an estuary that is clearly part of the ocean: > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/186710973 > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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