[Tagging] [Talk-us] how to tag US townships?

[Alex Mauer]

On 10/20/2010 04:12 PM, Anthony wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Nathan Edgars II<neroute2 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Anthony<osm at inbox.org>  wrote:
>>> Okay, here's another wrench to throw in:
>>>
>>> In Pennsylvania:  "School districts can comprise of one single
>>> municipality, like the School District of Philadelphia or can comprise
>>> of multiple municipalities."
>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_in_Pennsylvania)
>>>
>>> So, are Pennsylvania school districts admin_level=7?
>>
>> Are school districts administrative boundaries in the first place?
>>
> By the common definition, yes.  For the purposes of OSM?  I don't
> know, that's my question.

And the answer is “no” they’re not.  Much like postal codes, electoral 
districts, etc. Admin_level is not a placeholder for every possible 
boundary.