[Talk-GB] administrative divisions in the UK

[Ed Loach]

Sounds sensible. They are probably boundary=ceremonial rather than boundary=administrative so admin levels, which are really only a convenience for global rendering or we'd use meaningful words, aren't really relevant.
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From: David Woolley <forums at david-woolley.me.uk>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 3:46:26 PM
To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] administrative divisions in the UK

On 16/05/2021 15:36, Michael Tsang wrote:
> Moreover, I have found that there are some inconsistencies between the UK and
> Ireland. For example, in Ireland, provinces are mapped with admin_level=5 and
> (ceremonial) counties (which currently no longer have an administrative
> function) are mapped with admin_level=6, while counties, in the local
> government sense, are mapped with admin_level=7.

It seems to me that ceremonial counties, at least in GB, don't fit the
administrative hierarchy, so shouldn't have a numbered level in it.

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