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<p>On 2020-05-25 14:58, Marc M. wrote:</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Hello,<br /><br /> following a small thread on irc, I have review 20 usage of admin_level=1<br /> all are mistakes, often by new mapper<br /> for ex <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/779838275" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/779838275</a><br /> is there a case of real use of admin_level=1?<br /> wiki only said that UE isn't a admin_level=1<br /> but don't list any valid usage of it<br /><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative#Super-national_administrations" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative#Super-national_administrations</a><br /><a href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Umf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Umf</a><br /><br /> are these all errors or is there an undocumented usecase ?<br /><br /></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">I think the European Union is a good candidate for admin_level=1. It has all the attributes of an administration, including elected representatives and (in some cases) directly effective laws. It may be unique in the world, but that doesn't change the duck-test outcome.</div>
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