[talk-au] Local Government Areas without Councils

[Warin]

On 10-Jan-17 07:19 PM, Andrew Davidson wrote:
> So you want to put these areas into OSM, fair enough. But why do we 
> have to break the definition of admin_level 6 when there are three 
> admin_levels that are currently undefined, unusable, or redundant?

That would also suggest that states and territories should be in 
separate levels.

For practical purposes they perform the same duties, therefore the same 
admin_level should be used.
>
> Another option is admin_level 7 which is currently so vaguely defined 
> that we could come with a working definition that includes 
> unincorporated areas with names.
>
> On 05/01/17 17:06, Andrew Harvey wrote:
>> I agree that since the area is commonly known and and referred to as
>> "Unincorporated Area of Far West NSW"so should be mapped in OSM and with
>> that name. The other name tags
>>
>> In my opinion this area should be tagged as admin_level=6 since it acts
>> and feels like other Shires, Councils, etc. Even if those Local
>> Government services are administered by some other entity I don't think
>> that matters. The operator tag can be set as Department of Industry or
>> NSW Government, etc.
>>
>
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