[Tagging] Tagging request: missing admin_level tags
Dave F
davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com
Mon Mar 12 13:52:49 UTC 2018
Yes, but again, irrelevant to this thread.
On 12/03/2018 13:44, Jo wrote:
> Except of course, when the boundary is disputed, then there might be
> overlap and possibly even holes of no man's land?
>
> Polyglot
>
> 2018-03-12 13:41 GMT+01:00 Dave F <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com
> <mailto:davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com>>:
>
> OK, I understand what you're trying to highlight, but don't see it
> as relevant to this thread.
> But anyway, the "boundary between two countries" can be
> distinguished as they'll have two relations with boundary data
> whereas "the high seas" boundary will only have one.
>
> DaveF.
>
> On 12/03/2018 00:17, Christoph Hormann wrote:
>
> On Monday 12 March 2018, Dave F wrote:
>
> and it would not distinguish between the outer
> boundaries (towards
> the high seas)
> and the boundaries between two countries.
>
> Unsure what you mean. Could you elaborate, Example?
>
> Sure:
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/96104334
> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/96104334>
>
> is an outer maritime boundary at 12 mile distance from the
> baseline
> separating the territorial waters from the high seas.
>
> OTOH
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/54749533
> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/54749533>
>
> is a maritime boundary between two countries.
>
> You might say this difference is not of practical importance
> for data
> users but there are for example many maps which generally do
> not show
> the first type of boundary but which do show (at least partly) the
> second type of boundary. Like this:
>
> http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia16/denmark_sm_2016.gif
> <http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia16/denmark_sm_2016.gif>
>
> You can of course determine this difference from the spatial
> relationship of the boundary relations.
>
>
>
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