[Tagging] Tagging request: missing admin_level tags

Tom Pfeifer t.pfeifer at computer.org
Sat Mar 10 10:16:55 UTC 2018


On 10.03.2018 09:36, Simon Poole wrote:
> I would have to second this observation, this would seem to go exactly against what we've tried to 
> fix with multi-polygons (not to mention a future area object type). Not to mention that a single way 
> can be a member of multiple different borders at different admin levels, so this would seem to be a 
> non-starter in any case.

In addition, the border ways can be other objects. Rivers are quite typical, which are easily 
included in a border relation. Tagging all border properties on the waterway leads to chaos.

Besides the minor and not yet explained "maritime boundaries" case - what are the other advantages 
of the proposed change?

tom

>> On 2018-03-10 01:51, Matthijs Melissen wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> OpenStreetMap Carto, the default stylesheet on openstreetmap.org, is
>>> considering to change the mechanism for rendering admin boundaries.
>>> The proposed rendering of admin borders will be based on admin
>>> boundary ways rather than polygons. This has a number of advantages -
>>> for example, it will make it possible to style maritime boundaries
>>> differently.



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