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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/5/13 9:16 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer
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<div id=":1fd">Thanks for the explanation. Given that,
village as admin_level=10 (or 9<br>
if you want) sounds like exactly the right thing for me.<br>
Perhaps rendering will need to catch up.<br>
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what i've seen of the places import from 2008 TIGER has cities,
villages and cdps<br>
at admin level 8. i'm not claiming that's right, but it is what's
out there. i've ended<br>
up putting NY towns in at 7, which i'm not entirely happy about.
counties in NY<br>
are tiled by cities and towns, and villages are below towns
(although not always<br>
completely contained in a single town.) i'd almost suggest a
rethink, although there<br>
would be a bit of effort to actually change things afterwards.<br>
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This was interesting to read. Villages as a political
entity in Vermont<br>
seem far more firmly established than in Mass.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">admin_level and boundary=administrative
are tags for administrative classification, don't confuse this
with "place=village" as geographic class for a type of human
settlements independent from administrative structure (they
may coincide but they do not have to, there doesn't need to be
a dedicated administrative entity for a settlement in order to
merit a place tag).<br>
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a lot of these terms have defined meanings legally in the US,
although they vary<br>
from state to state. towns and villages in NY are distinct, legal
entities, but hamlets<br>
are just well recognized place names. if i cross the border into MA
or NJ, i see<br>
changes in terminology and in governmental organization. there's not
a one size<br>
fits all for the US.<br>
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richard<br>
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