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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/532851">http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/532851</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Kengaru">Kengaru</a>
keeps closing the topic (without further reasoning why). The
"problem" is that Crimea is duplicate on Rayon level in Russia, as
well as in the Ukraine.<br>
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Politically it is disputed, such is Kosovo, Cyprus and other
regions, though none that I know is "duplicate" on the admin-level.<br>
With such duplicates, computers using OSM data need special fallback
procedures, adding complexity in order to avoid unnecessary errors.<br>
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As such, it would be good if the more active OSM users (I'm still a
Newbie) could decide how to solve this. Yes we cover for it now that
we became aware, but we're sure not the only one relying on such
data being not duplicate...?<br>
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Thanks a million - Juergen<br>
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