On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Ian Sergeant <[email protected]> wrote: > I see the author's point, that if you go up and down the coast, it is hard > to put a hard and fast rule on what is considered a bay, and what isn't. > > I also see your point, though, that most people wouldn't consider Port > Jackson and Pittwater as bays, and I don't think we do anybody any favours > by going for technical consistency at the expense of what is commonly > understood. > > Is this distinction really significant in any way? Does anything really > distinguish between water and bays?
It isn't easy to classify them, but I do think that it would be beneficial to have most if not all of these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_water represented somehow. Even if that is natural=water, water=foobar I don't think it is far to compare it to "water" as that isn't really a classification as per the wikipedia list. But also some can be inferred. Eg. if the water is bordered by a beach and it curves round it is probably a bay.
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