[OSM-dev] Questions on Nominatim and administrative boundaries + osm2pgsql

[John Smith]

2009/12/20 David MENTRE <dmentre at linux-france.org>:
> If we do:
>  select * from planet_osm_line where osm_id=7444;
> then we don't get anything.
>
> However, when we do:
>  select * from planet_osm_line where osm_id=-7444;
> then we get exactly what we need.

I think ways are positive and relations are negative, that's just what
I've observed but I could be wrong.