[Talk-us] [Tagging] how to tag US townships?

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Wed Oct 20 22:14:42 BST 2010


On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
>>> Okay, here's another wrench to throw in:
>>>
>>> In Pennsylvania:  "School districts can comprise of one single
>>> municipality, like the School District of Philadelphia or can comprise
>>> of multiple municipalities."
>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_in_Pennsylvania)
>>>
>>> So, are Pennsylvania school districts admin_level=7?
>>
>> Are school districts administrative boundaries in the first place?
>>
> By the common definition, yes.  For the purposes of OSM?  I don't
> know, that's my question.

Okay, I'm going to go with no, for the sole reason that some school
districts are located in multiple counties, and some counties have
multiple school districts.



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