[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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