[Tagging] Where should name tags be added on administrative boundaries?

[Mateusz Konieczny]

something weird is with your link in some views

reposting it:

https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/where-should-name-tags-be-added-on-administrative-boundaries/110895


Mar 24, 2024, 17:31 by etienne.julien at gmail.com:

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> I’m thinking about expanding the administrative boundaries in my area, and from what I’ve found in my research, the most effective approach involves creating a relation and specifying roles like ‘outer,’ ‘admin_center,’ and ‘label’ as detailed on the wiki page:
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> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:boundary 2 <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:boundary>
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> However, I’m a bit unsure about where to add name tags. Should I exclusively add them on the label node, only on the relation, or on both the label and relation?
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> Looking at examples from around the world, it seems that name tags are often found on both entities but aren’t consistently synchronized, which could lead to inconsistencies.
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> FYI I have also posted the same question on Discourse: > https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/where-should-name-tags-be-added-on-administrative-boundaries/110895 <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/how-to-tag-permanently-temporarily-closed-u-turn-links-on-major-roads/109243>
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