[Tagging] any valid usage of admin_level=1 ?

[Colin Smale]

On 2020-05-25 14:58, Marc M. wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> following a small thread on irc, I have review 20 usage of admin_level=1
> all are mistakes, often by new mapper
> for ex https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/779838275
> is there a case of real use of admin_level=1?
> wiki only said that UE isn't a admin_level=1
> but don't list any valid usage of it
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative#Super-national_administrations
> https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Umf
> 
> are these all errors or is there an undocumented usecase ?

I think the European Union is a good candidate for admin_level=1. It has
all the attributes of an administration, including elected
representatives and (in some cases) directly effective laws. It may be
unique in the world, but that doesn't change the duck-test outcome.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/attachments/20200525/1d4602da/attachment.htm>