It's a tricky one, and I would say there is no perfect solution here. Going by the one feature, one OSM element guide https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/One_feature,_one_OSM_element you can rightly consider a single natural=beach for the whole length, but simultaneously a different named beach for each named section.
What I did for Bate Bate, in Cronulla, NSW was to split into sections and have a natural=beach for each section, eg https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/-34.0444/151.1637. They are drawn as different ways but shared/snapped nodes where they meet. There are other possible solutions with multipolygons or relations, but I think overall just doing each section as a new way with natural=beach and it's own name is best. Data consumers who would prefer one area of the whole length can do a GIS dissolve operation. In iD you can add nodes along the way and split it, unfortunately iD tries to be too smart and ends up converting it to a multipolygon relation, which you then need to remove and retain the tags on the way. JOSM works much better in this regard, but it's still possible, just messy to do in iD. You can turn off Boundaries under Map Data > Map Features which unclutters the map a bit more (though some ways you won't be able to move). On Wed, 15 Sept 2021 at 10:27, Graeme Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote: > Have had a look at this several times & can't figure out how to fix it? > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/17960956 has been mapped as one beach > for the entire northern part of the Gold Coast, which is fair enough as it > is an unbroken length of sand the whole way. > > However, at some stage, several years ago, the entire length was named as > "Main Beach", which is actually only one relatively short section. A few > years later, the name was then changed to "Surfers Paradise Beach", which, > while more famous (?), is even shorter! In actual fact, this stretch of > sand covers 9 separate named beaches / areas. > > Is there any way of breaking this one area into multiple beaches? (& I > only use iD, which probably makes things harder?) > > To make matters worse, there are a host of relations involved in the same > line/s: suburb (multiple), City, Qld & Australian boundaries; Mainland > Australia relation; Coastline; watershed & undoubtedly more, of which > breaking any one will mean the end of civilisation! > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/query?lat=-28.05921&lon=153.44282#map=19/-28.05899/153.44394 > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks > > Graeme > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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