<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>We should not confuse province and municipality levels.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Quebec city has admin_level=8. See node description http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/1781476959<br></span></div><div><br>Quebec province has admin_level=4. See Administrative boundary relationhttp://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/61549 <br></div><div><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 191); font-weight: bold;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;">Pierre <br></span><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;
font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> Andrew Lester <a-lester@shaw.ca><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> 'Bruno Remy' <bremy.qc.ca@gmail.com>; talk-ca@openstreetmap.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> Jeudi 14 juin 2012 14h13<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> Re: [Talk-ca] admin_level of canadian cities<br> </font> </div> <br><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv464133864"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv464133864WordSection1"><div class="yiv464133864MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">As far as I can tell, the reason Quebec City is tagged as admin_level=4 is because it’s the capital of the province. As per your linked wiki page, provinces are admin_level=4. For any old non-capital city, they should be tagged admin_level=8. Keep in mind that admin_level=* is primarily intended for use on boundary ways and relations, not the place=* node. The usage of admin_level=*and capital=* on city nodes is part of a proposed feature covering capitals (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/capital">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/capital</a>). Contrary to what that proposal outlines, the common usage according to Taginfo (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/capital#values">http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/capital#values</a>) seems to be that capitals are tagged as capital=[admin level number] (ie. Quebec City would be tagged capital=4).</span></div><div class="yiv464133864MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv464133864MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Andrew Lester</span></div><div class="yiv464133864MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Victoria, BC</span></div><div class="yiv464133864MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv464133864MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> Bruno Remy [mailto:bremy.qc.ca@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> talk-ca@openstreetmap.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Talk-ca] admin_level of canadian cities</span></div><div class="yiv464133864MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv464133864MsoNormal">hi,<br><br>What do you suggest for "admin_level" of canadian cities, because i noticed difference between the official Canadian recommendation on Openstreetmap wiki (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Admin_level#10_admin_level_values_for_specific_countries">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Admin_level#10_admin_level_values_for_specific_countries</a>) witch is suggesting LEVEL 8 ... whereas you can check LEVEL 4 for big cities in Canada on Opensstreetmap (Quebec City as instance...)<br><br>So ... do we adjust our admin_level according to the canadian section of
openstreetmap's wiki?<br>Or do you suggest to keep on tracks on LEVEL 8 usage... and why?<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Bruno Remy</div></div></div></div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"><br>_______________________________________________<br>Talk-ca mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org">Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca" target="_blank">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>