[OSM-dev] stable labels and resolution for main administrative areas, proposal

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 06/25/2017 01:32 PM, Peter Krauss wrote:
> I am looking for a OSM's webservice where we can request a canonical
> place name, and it returns the polygon associated with the place?

I think it would be possible to write something like this, either
perusing existing hierarchies in Wikipedia, or evaluating OSM data
yourself in a suitable server setup.

Have a look at https://osm.wno-edv-service.de/boundaries/ which already
does a lot of boundary processing.

We're unlikely to add a service like that to the core of OSM but the
beauty of OSM is that with all the data being available openly, such a
service does not *need* to be in the core (and make the core ever more
complex to run) - such a service can be developed and operated by a
third party.

Bye
Frederik

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