[Tagging] Boundary Relations. What's a subarea used for?

[Dave F.]

On 08/01/2015 09:35, Steve Doerr wrote:
> On 08/01/2015 01:21, Dave F. wrote:
>
>> Are they relevant? If so, what are they for? The wiki suggests 
>> they're superseded:
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:boundary#Relation_members
>>
>
> No it doesn't, it says they're 'optional, disputed, and redundant'. 
> The term 'redundant' has multiple meanings, but I take it to mean 'not 
> strictly necessary', 'not adding additional information', or some such.
>
> I'd say leave them unless they cause a real problem. Out of respect to 
> the mappers who have gone before you, if nothing else.
>

I'll leave them for now, as I can work around them, but I'm still not 
convinced of their use or comments given by others as reasons to keep 
them. "Out of respect to the mappers who have gone before you," isn't a 
valid excuse to keep data if it's incorrect.

Dave F.

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