Thank you all for your feedback and please excuse my late reply. On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 at 22:42, Graeme Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have concerns about the definition of peninsula that you've used "a piece > of land nearly surrounded by water and connected to a larger land area by an > isthmus, that is a narrow strip of land" > > I did see that definition, but most definitions of peninsula that I have > found don't mention the "narrow strip of land" eg peninsula: A piece of land > projecting into water from a larger land mass; cape: A piece or point of > land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a > headland.
I originally included the requirement for an isthmus in order to have a clear differentiation from capes, as the broader definition of peninsulas without the requirement for an isthmus overlaps with the (broader) definition of capes, see e.g. Merriam-Webster: 'a point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula or as a projecting point' However, it seems that natural=cape has mainly been used for costal extreme points, so we still have a differentiation, which hopefully is clear and objective enough. I've updated the proposal page accordingly. Regards, Markus _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
