[Talk-us] admin_level and COGs, MPOs, SPDs, Home Rule

[Greg Troxel]

stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> writes:

> The topic is active again at
> https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Talk:United_States_admin_level#Recently_added_Connecticut_COG_.28Regions.29_as_5_and_CDP_as_10_should_be_deleted
> and seems to need the assistance of seasoned political scientists who
> can say whether a COG in Connecticut, for example, is "a government"
> or not.  (I say a COG/MPO is a LIMITED government, like a sewer
> district, so isn't "really" a "full spectrum" government, therefore
> shouldn't get an admin_level value, as this key associates with
> boundary=administrative).

For what it's worth, I live in Massachusetts, which is next to
Connecticut, and generally pay attention.  I have aboslutely zero idea
what a COG/MPO is, but I think admin_level belongs on state/county/town
and things that pretty much everybody recognizes as admininstrative
subdivisions.  There are school districts, sewer districts, historical
districts, and a ton of other things, that are something else.

I do fear for the future of OSM that wiki editing is such a big thing.