Proposal:Atoll

atoll
Proposal status: Draft (under way)
Proposed by: Karto
Tagging: place=atoll
Applies to: node,area,relation
Definition: An atoll is a coral reef with cays that encircles a lagoon ; it is vestige of an ancient volcanic island.
Statistics:

Rendered as: *
Draft started: 2013-03-23


Usage


Description

An Atoll is a coral reef including a coral rim with cays (waterless sandy islets) that encircles a lagoon ; it is vestige of an ancient volcanic island.

Tag values

place=atoll
name=*

Node or area?

You can tag this as a single node, an area delimited by the coral reef (natural=reef) or a relation (Relation:site linking the different place=islets or Relation:multipolygon with the coral reef as outer boundary and the lagoon as inner boundary).

Example

Voting

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