[Talk-us] Survey Township Sections

[Minh Nguyen]

On 2015-08-02 06:43, Jerry Clough - OSM wrote:
>
> A quick question: Are there any guidelines for tagging of public land
> survey township sections?
> I found a clear description of mapping civil townships for Ohio on the
> wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ohio/Boundaries/Townships, but
> have failed to find anything on survey townships and their sections.

Civil townships are being mapped because they correspond to actual 
governmental structures that have definite boundaries. Survey townships 
themselves don't have governments, so there's less of a case for putting 
them in OSM, especially where the boundary between one section and 
another is unclear from aerial imagery or on-the-ground observation.

In any case, if you map survey townships and sections, avoid using the 
boundary=administrative tag. Something like boundary=survey would be 
more appropriate.

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minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us