[Tagging] admin_level on ways

[Mateusz Konieczny]

27 Jan 2020, 11:43 by dieterdreist at gmail.com:

> I wonder what is the current state of admin_level on ways
>
Personally I consider this to be a
pointless duplication of data.

I am not fan of requesting from mappers
doing work that is easy to automate.
> in particular with respect to osm-carto. 
>
It is using adminstrative relations for 
rendering.
> Is there still a serious risk of immature applications that allow removal of ways without taking into account relations memberships? 
>
Yes, as long as duplicate tagging on
ways is common.
> Will the borders vanish from osm-carto if we rely only on relations?
>
No
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