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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","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 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 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).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Andrew Lester<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Victoria, BC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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 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<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>