[Talk-us] Native American Reservations

[Tyler]

>
> haven't searched for Native American reservations data but there should be
> something available. If someone knows where to get it and what tags to use
> it can be done quickly


Apo,
http://nationalatlas.gov/mld/indlanp.html it's not really the most accurate
data (as with most of the national atlas) but it would be a good start.

I think that admin level 1 has merits.  The Akwesasne First Nation[1] includes
> parts of Ontario, Quebec and New York, including a CanAm border crossing.
>  Canadians and Americans must stop at border control in Akwesasne as they
> pass between Canada and USA. Akwesasne citizens are exempt, and can pass
> through without stopping.


That makes it sound like a admin_level=3 would be appropriate. As the
citizens from the admin_level=2 are still stopping (I would expect
admin_level=1 to supercede all lower levels) and in the US native lands are
considered semi soverign while still operating within the federal government
and state boundaries. my 2 cents.

But as you say "Jurisdictional nightmare"

My cold-clouded position (the weather isn't even changing, stupid
rhinovirus!) is, import the US fed atlas data as
boundary=administrative
admin_level=3
boundary_type=native_nation or boundary_type=aboriginal_land

do the same for Canada (is it in the CanVec data?) if there's a big problem
with admin_level, change it later. Then people can go through and edit the
boundaries as appropriate but they will at least have something to work
with.

-Tyler
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