Tag:natural=beach
+/- natural=beach
Area of shore which is fairly open, slopes smoothly to the water, and is free of trees
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Description
- See beach on Wikipedia
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobblestones. The particles of which the beach is composed can sometimes instead have biological origins, such as shell fragments or coralline algae fragments.
Tagging
| Tag | Notes |
|---|---|
| name=* | Name of the beach. |
| surface=* | Surface of the beach (examples: sand, gravel, pebbles) |
| supervised=* | Whether a lifeguard supervises the beach (yes, no, interval) |
Rendering
| Mapnik | Osmarender | OpenCycleMap |
|---|---|---|
| ? | ? | ? |
- Note the default rendering is a yellow shaded area which means surface=sand is implied, at the time of writing surface=* tagging has no effect, people with other needs should file a feature request on OSM bug tracker.
Notes
Beach areas should always meet with a natural=coastline way. Do not use this tag for patches of sand/gravel which are not by a coastline; what should be used? Note that the natural=coastline should ideally be positioned at the average high tide line, which may mean the beach is quite small or not mapped at all in fact.
For seaside resorts use leisure=beach_resort.
alternate view
There are areas on rivers and lakes which are called "beaches". This is in complete concordance with the Wikipedia definition of a beach, which meets a "body of water". These beaches will not meet a coastline, and may be several hundred km from one.
See also
- natural=coastline - used for ocean coastlines
- leisure=beach_resort - used for seaside resorts
Related terms: coast. beach.
