[Talk-GB] boundary & admin_level tags on ways.

Dave F davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com
Sun Jul 10 17:43:58 UTC 2022


Hi
I'm pretty sure I discussed this previously, but unsure if it was in 
Tagging or GB, and wish to confirm it before making amendments.

Many ways that form administrative boundaries have boundary/admin_level 
tags on the way as well as in their relations. This goes against the 
principles of relations, which is to allow multiple values for different 
features attached to the same way.

IMO these tags are incorrect & should be removed. They're clear 
duplications which seems to always lead to confusion & erroneous edits.

The only reason for their inclusion which I've read was OSM-Carto 
contributors being unwilling to write code that parsed boundary 
relations in order to return the largest admin_level number. This is not 
a valid purpose.

Opinions/Suggestions?

Cheers
DaveF











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