[OSM-talk-nl] Caribbean Netherlands

[Maarten Deen]

On 2018-11-08 01:48, Frederik Ramm wrote:

> The groupings "ABC" and "SSS" seem to be rather informal; other options
> would be to group everything in one and call it... well... "Nederlandse
> Antillen" is not an official term any more, is it?

Not anymore, not since 2010. It used to be one country within the 
kingdom, now the 6 islands have their own status (some are 
municipalities, some are countries).

> And "Caribisch Nederland" is just three of the six islands?

Yes, these are the three islands that are municipalities and therefore 
part of the country the Netherlands. But they are geographically not one 
entity.

> One could also have
> separate files for each but they would be *really* small. Is the 
> ABC/SSS
> grouping the obvious choice?

I would say yes.

> I somewhat dislike the splitting of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. I figure
> that for all practical purposes, a map user would want to load a file
> that contains both parts of the island, and it would be cumbersome to
> have to pick the two halves out from underneath the Netherlands and
> France (especially as there will be some overlap so combining the two
> files can be difficult).

I hope that everyone can see that your downloads and splits are based on 
a convenience level rather than on a political level. I at least would 
be deaf to political views on this point.

Concerning: Sint-Maarten/Saint-Martin: I would include both in any 
download. The dataset is so small and it is logical.

Regards,
Maarten