<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-01-27 21:38 GMT+01:00 Warin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com" target="_blank">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div id=":4am" class="" style="overflow:hidden">government:level=federal,state,local ?<br>
OR<br>
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This could also be operator tag = federal_government, etc ... that would be more consistent?<br>
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OR<br>
use admin_level tag from the boundaries tag<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative#admin_level" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative#admin_level</a></div></blockquote></div><br><br>yes, as we already have them, the admin_levels seem great to add this information this way (it will provide the detail relative to the rest of the map data, i.e. administrative entities). Only problem: if an institution serves several levels we will either loose information (e.g. by using only the highest level) or deal with multiple values (but that's no different from "government:level=state;local". We might even consider using relations for this, so the area that is served can become member of the object and the role could tell what the connection is.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I agree with Frederik about the separation of powers and the usage of the term government (it seems in some countries this distinction is less prominent and "government" serves as a collector for all kind of official public powers). For reference, a similar discussion was held here: <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-March/022449.html">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-March/022449.html</a><br>an particular from here on:<br><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-March/022509.html">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-March/022509.html</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Cheers,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Martin<br></div></div>