[OSM-talk-be] some thoughts and remarks about border mapping

[Ben Laenen]

On Wednesday 24 September 2008, Lennard wrote:
> The middle of the Rhine is a way, tagged:
>
> name = KA Stadt BW
> created_by = Potlatch 0.10b
> boundary = administrative
> admin_level = 4
> source = pi x D. korr. nach: GADM
>
> It is part of the following relations:
>
> Relation 22027
> name = Karlsruhe Regierungsbezirk
> boundary = administrative
> created_by = Potlatch 0.10b
> type = boundary
>
<snip/>
>
> So the way is tagged with the highest admin_level, and it renders as
> the highest level border that way. This is also what Ben suggested.

Actually I want to see admin_levels inside each relation and then get 
that highest admin_level automatically extracted to the boundary itself 
(and an additional admin_level on the way for as long as that's not 
supported).

> I would suggest keeping a list on the wiki of relations used for
> boundaries in Belgium. This should ideally* keep people from
> generating multiple relations for the same border.

Then we need someone with a lot of time adding a list of all 
municipalities and their deelgemeentes :-)

> * Right, Ivo? Since you made a new relation for LF30, while mine was
> already on the map for a few weeks and in the wiki. I'll be
> connecting yours and mine shortly, thanks to a trip to Puyenbroeck
> yesterday. :)

Then they should be merged. Don't know if there are tools for that.

That reminds me that 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/WikiProject_Belgium/Cycle_Routes 
should be put in some nice table with all relations. But we need some 
good way to track progress.

Ben